Where does “peoplelessness” come from?
peoplelessness (English) comes from English peopleless, from English people, from Middle English puple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pople, from Latin populus, from Old Latin populus, from Old Latin poplus — army.
peoplelessness (English): Lack of people
Definitions
- Lack of people
Ancestry of “peoplelessness”, step by step
peoplelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peopleless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peopleless | Having no people; uninhabited |
| 2 | English | people | a body of human beings considered generally or... |
| 3 | Middle English | puple | people |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | people | — |
| 5 | Old French | pople | Alternative form of pueple |
| 6 | Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | populus | a people, nation; a community of people; the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | poplus | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | poplos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |
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 |