Where does “servicelessness” come from?
servicelessness (English) comes from English serviceless, from English service, from Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
servicelessness (English): The quality of being serviceless
Definitions
- The quality of being serviceless
Ancestry of “servicelessness”, step by step
servicelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English serviceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | serviceless | Without any service |
| 2 | English | service | An act of being of assistance to someone; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | servise | service; servitude; vasselage |
| 4 | Old English | serfis | service |
| 5 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 6 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 7 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 8 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |