Where does “simple-heartedness” come from?
simple-heartedness (English) comes from English simple-hearted, from English simple, from Middle English symple, from Old French simple, from Latin simplex, from Latin -plex, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
simple-heartedness (English): The state or quality of being simple-hearted;...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being simple-hearted;...
Ancestry of “simple-heartedness”, step by step
simple-heartedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English simple-hearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | simple-hearted | sincere; ingenuous; guileless |
| 2 | English | simple | Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing... |
| 3 | Middle English | symple | virtuous, godly, without sin; simple, spartan,... |
| 4 | Old French | simple | innocent; mere; simple; honest; without pretense |
| 5 | Latin | simplex | single; simple, plain, uncompounded; pure,... |
| 6 | Latin | -plex | -fold |
| 7 | Latin | plicō | to fold, bend or flex; to roll up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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 |