Where does “persuadableness” come from?
persuadableness (English) comes from English persuadable, from English persuade, from Latin persuadere, from Latin persuadeo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.
persuadableness (English): The quality of being persuadable; persuadability
Definitions
- The quality of being persuadable; persuadability
Ancestry of “persuadableness”, step by step
persuadableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English persuadable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | persuadable | Able to be persuaded or convinced; Someone or... |
| 2 | English | persuade | To successfully convince to agree to, accept, or... |
| 3 | Latin | persuadere | present active infinitive of persuādeō;... |
| 4 | Latin | persuadeo | I persuade, convince; I prevail upon, persuade or... |
| 5 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |
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 |