Where does “quizziness” come from?
quizziness (English) comes from English quizzy, from English inquisitor, from Old French inquisiteur, from Latin inquisitor, from Latin inquiro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
quizziness (English): Quality of being quizzy
Definitions
- Quality of being quizzy
Ancestry of “quizziness”, step by step
quizziness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quizzy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quizzy | Odd; eccentric |
| 2 | English | inquisitor | A person who inquires, especially searchingly or... |
| 3 | Old French | inquisiteur | — |
| 4 | Latin | inquisitor | searcher; inquisitor, tracker, detective, spy;... |
| 5 | Latin | inquiro | I seek after, search for, inquire into something;... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |