Where does “practicalness” come from?
practicalness (English) comes from English practical, from English practic, from French pratique, from Middle French practique, from Latin prāctica, from Ancient Greek πρακτική, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός, from Ancient Greek πράσσω — passed , crossed.
practicalness (English): The quality of being practical; practicality
Definitions
- The quality of being practical; practicality
Ancestry of “practicalness”, step by step
practicalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English practical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | practical | A part of an exam or series of exams in which the... |
| 2 | English | practic | A person concerned with action or practice, as... |
| 3 | French | pratique | applied; concerning action or intervention of... |
| 4 | Middle French | practique | practice act of doing; of practising |
| 5 | Latin | prāctica | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρακτική | practice, experience |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρακτικός | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action; Fit... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πράσσω | I do, practice |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | prā́ťťō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |