Where does “priviness” come from?
priviness (English) comes from English privy, from Middle English pryvy, from Old French privé, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er — Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
priviness (English): The quality of being privy
Definitions
- The quality of being privy
Ancestry of “priviness”, step by step
priviness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English privy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | privy | Private, exclusive; not public; one's own;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pryvy | — |
| 3 | Old French | privé | private |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
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 |