Where does “riskfulness” come from?
riskfulness (English) comes from English riskful, from English risk, from English risqué, from French risqué, from Middle French risque, from Italian rischiare, from Italian -are, from Latin -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
riskfulness (English): riskiness
Definitions
- riskiness
Ancestry of “riskfulness”, step by step
riskfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English riskful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | riskful | Full of risks; risky |
| 2 | English | risk | A possible adverse event or outcome; The... |
| 3 | English | risqué | Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on... |
| 4 | French | risqué | risky; risque, risqué; past participle of risquer |
| 5 | Middle French | risque | — |
| 6 | Italian | rischiare | to risk, take the plunge |
| 7 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
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 |