Where does “porelessness” come from?
porelessness (English) comes from English poreless, from English pore, from Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
porelessness (English): Absence of pores
Definitions
- Absence of pores
Ancestry of “porelessness”, step by step
porelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English poreless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poreless | Without pores |
| 2 | English | pore | A tiny opening in the skin; By extension any... |
| 3 | Middle English | pore | — |
| 4 | Old French | pore | pore (small opening in skin) |
| 5 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | 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 |