Where does “penanceless” come from?
penanceless (English) comes from English penance, from Middle English penaunce, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia, from Ancient Greek μετάνοια, from Ancient Greek μετανοέω, from Ancient Greek νοέω, from Ancient Greek νόος — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
penanceless (English): Free from penance
Definitions
- Free from penance
Ancestry of “penanceless”, step by step
penanceless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English penance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | penance | A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful... |
| 2 | Middle English | penaunce | penance |
| 3 | Old French | peneance | — |
| 4 | Latin | paenitentia | repentance, penitence, regret; penance;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μετάνοια | afterthought, repentance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μετανοέω | to perceive afterwards or too late; to change... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νοέω | to perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |