Where does “ricketiness” come from?
ricketiness (English) comes from English rickety, from English ricket, from English Rick, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue.
ricketiness (English): The state or condition of being rickety
Definitions
- The state or condition of being rickety
Ancestry of “ricketiness”, step by step
ricketiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rickety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rickety | Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of... |
| 2 | English | ricket | Unsteady, rickety |
| 3 | English | Rick | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch |
| 4 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 5 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 6 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 7 | French | recreute | — |
| 8 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 9 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 10 | Old French | recreistre | — |
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 |