Where does “sitelessness” come from?
sitelessness (English) comes from English siteless, from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
sitelessness (English): Lack of a site
Definitions
- Lack of a site
Ancestry of “sitelessness”, step by step
sitelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English siteless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | siteless | Without sites |
| 2 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 3 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 5 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb 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 |