Where does “rumminess” come from?
rumminess (English) comes from English rummy, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
rumminess (English): The quality of being rummy, or odd
Definitions
- The quality of being rummy, or odd
Ancestry of “rumminess”, step by step
rumminess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rummy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rummy | A card game with many rule variants, conceptually... |
| 2 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 4 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 |