Where does “parentlessness” come from?
parentlessness (English) comes from English parentless, from English parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
parentlessness (English): The state or condition of being parentless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being parentless
Ancestry of “parentlessness”, step by step
parentlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English parentless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parentless | Having no parent; Having no parent in a data... |
| 2 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 3 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 5 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |