Where does “sessileness” come from?
sessileness (English) comes from English sessile, from Latin sessilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sessileness (English): The state or quality of being sessile, being...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being sessile, being...
Ancestry of “sessileness”, step by step
sessileness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sessile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sessile | Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to... |
| 2 | Latin | sessilis | suitable as a seat; that is low-growing; dwarf;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | 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 |