Where does “platitudinousness” come from?
platitudinousness (English) comes from English platitudinous, from English platitude, from French platitude, from French plat, from Middle French plat, from Old French plat, from Vulgar Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
platitudinousness (English): The quality of being platitudinous
Definitions
- The quality of being platitudinous
Ancestry of “platitudinousness”, step by step
platitudinousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English platitudinous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | platitudinous | Characterised by clichés or platitudes |
| 2 | English | platitude | An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be... |
| 3 | French | platitude | flatness; blandness; lack of originality |
| 4 | French | plat | flat; a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat... |
| 5 | Middle French | plat | flat |
| 6 | Old French | plat | a footbridge |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | plattus | flattened; flat; smooth |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
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 |