Where does “scriptlessness” come from?
scriptlessness (English) comes from English scriptless, from English script, from Middle English scrit, from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptus, from Latin scribo, from Proto-Italic skreiβō, from Proto-Indo-European skreybʰ- — to write.
scriptlessness (English): The lack of a script
Definitions
- The lack of a script
Ancestry of “scriptlessness”, step by step
scriptlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scriptless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scriptless | Without a script |
| 2 | English | script | A writing; a written document; Written... |
| 3 | Middle English | scrit | writing; document; scroll |
| 4 | Old French | escrit | past participle of escrire; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | scriptus | written, having been written |
| 6 | Latin | scribo | I write |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
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 |