Where does “prosiness” come from?
prosiness (English) comes from English prosy, from English prose, from French prose, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prosiness (English): The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness
Definitions
- The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness
Ancestry of “prosiness”, step by step
prosiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prosy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prosy | Unpoetic; dull and unimaginative; Behaving in a... |
| 2 | English | prose | Language, particularly written language, not... |
| 3 | French | prose | prose; inflection of proser: ##... |
| 4 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 5 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 6 | Latin | prō | for |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
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 |