Where does “sinlessness” come from?
Sinlessness is derived from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, and Proto-Germanic -inassuz, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inōną meaning to make or cause.
sinlessness (English): The state or condition of being sinless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being sinless
Ancestry of “sinlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sinless | Without sin; never having sinned |
| 2 | Middle English | synneles | — |
| 3 | Old English | synlēas | without sin; sinless |
| 4 | Old English | synn | sin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnju | responsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | — |