Where does “sourishness” come from?
sourishness (English) comes from English sourish, from English sour, from Middle English sour, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin exaurare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
sourishness (English): The quality of being sourish
Definitions
- The quality of being sourish
Ancestry of “sourishness”, step by step
sourishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sourish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sourish | Somewhat sour |
| 2 | English | sour | Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste; Made... |
| 3 | Middle English | sour | sour, acidic, bitter; foul-smelling, rancid;... |
| 4 | Old French | essorer | to fly up, soar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exaurare | to rise into the air; to expose to air; to rise... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
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 |