Where does “roomlessness” come from?
roomlessness (English) comes from English roomless, from English room, from Middle English roum, from Old English rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.
roomlessness (English): Absence of room or rooms
Definitions
- Absence of room or rooms
Ancestry of “roomlessness”, step by step
roomlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roomless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roomless | Without a room |
| 2 | English | room | Opportunity or scope; Space "for" something, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | roum | A space or area; A room |
| 4 | Old English | rūm | room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |
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 |