Where does “slabbiness” come from?
slabbiness (English) comes from English slabby, from English slab, from English syllable, from Middle English syllable, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή — beside, with.
slabbiness (English): The quality of being slabby; sliminess,...
Definitions
- The quality of being slabby; sliminess,...
Ancestry of “slabbiness”, step by step
slabbiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slabby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slabby | Of a liquid: thick; viscous; Of a surface:... |
| 2 | English | slab | A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid... |
| 3 | English | syllable | A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the... |
| 4 | Middle English | syllable | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | sillable | syllable |
| 6 | Old French | sillebe | — |
| 7 | Latin | syllaba | syllable; poems, verses |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |
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 |