Where does “perviousness” come from?
perviousness (English) comes from English pervious, from Latin pervius, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
perviousness (English): The quality or state of being pervious
Definitions
- The quality or state of being pervious
Ancestry of “perviousness”, step by step
perviousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pervious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pervious | Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by... |
| 2 | Latin | pervius | Having a passage through; passable, traversable,... |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | 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 |