Where does “perceptibleness” come from?
perceptibleness (English) comes from English perceptible, from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
perceptibleness (English): The state of being perceptible
Definitions
- The state of being perceptible
Ancestry of “perceptibleness”, step by step
perceptibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perceptible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perceptible | Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | perceptibilis | perceptible, participating |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
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 |