Where does “rattlesome” come from?

rattlesome (English) comes from English rattle, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ, from Classical Syriac ܠܝܛܪܐ, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

rattlesome (English): Characterised or marked by rattling

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by rattling

Ancestry of “rattlesome”, step by step

rattlesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rattle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrattlea sound made by loose objects shaking or...
2Arabicرَطْل—
3Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
4Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
5Frenchlitrelitre
6Medieval Latinlitra—
7Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
8Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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