Where does “savourlessness” come from?
savourlessness (English) comes from English savourless, from English savour, from Middle English savour, from Old French savor, from Latin sapor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
savourlessness (English): The quality of being tasteless or insipid
Definitions
- The quality of being tasteless or insipid
Ancestry of “savourlessness”, step by step
savourlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English savourless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | savourless | Alternative form of savorless |
| 2 | English | savour | The specific taste or smell of something; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | savour | taste |
| 4 | Old French | savor | Alternative form of savour |
| 5 | Latin | sapor | A taste, flavor, savor; A sense of taste; A... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |