Where does “screenlessness” come from?
screenlessness (English) comes from English screenless, from English screen, from Middle English scren, from Anglo-Norman escren, from Old French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic skirmi — to caw, crow.
screenlessness (English): The lack of a screen
Definitions
- The lack of a screen
Ancestry of “screenlessness”, step by step
screenlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English screenless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | screenless | Without a screen; That does not involve a screen;... |
| 2 | English | screen | A physical divider intended to block an area from... |
| 3 | Middle English | scren | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | escren | firescreen, the tester of a bed; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Old French | escren | Alternative form of escran |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | scherm | protective screen; protection, cover |
| 7 | Old Dutch | skirm | protection |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | skirmi | fur, hide, pelt; covering, shelter, screen |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skirmiz | fur, hide, pelt; covering, shelter, screen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |
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 |