Where does “polysemousness” come from?
polysemousness (English) comes from English polysemous, from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
polysemousness (English): Polysemy
Definitions
- Polysemy
Ancestry of “polysemousness”, step by step
polysemousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English polysemous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | polysemous | Having multiple meanings or interpretations |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | polysemus | Having many significations |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύσημος | signifying many things, having multiple meanings,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
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 |