Where does “plasteriness” come from?
plasteriness (English) comes from English plastery, from English plaster, from Old French plastre, from Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστος, from Ancient Greek ἐμπλάσσω — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
plasteriness (English): The quality of being plastery
Definitions
- The quality of being plastery
Ancestry of “plasteriness”, step by step
plasteriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plastery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plastery | Of the nature of plaster |
| 2 | English | plaster | A paste applied to the skin for healing or... |
| 3 | Old French | plastre | plaster; plaster; bandaid |
| 4 | Latin | plastrum | plaster, bandage |
| 5 | Latin | emplastrum | plaster, bandage; piece of bark used in budding,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπλαστρον | salve, plaster; a plaster; daub; salve |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπλαστος | daubed, plastered; daubed on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπλάσσω | daub on |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 |