Where does “scruplelessness” come from?
scruplelessness (English) comes from English scrupleless, from English scruple, from Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scruplelessness (English): Absence of scruples
Definitions
- Absence of scruples
Ancestry of “scruplelessness”, step by step
scruplelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scrupleless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scrupleless | Without scruples; uninhibited by conscience or... |
| 2 | English | scruple | A weight of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty... |
| 3 | Old French | scrupule | — |
| 4 | Latin | scrūpulus | a small, sharp or pointed stone |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |