Where does “straplessness” come from?
straplessness (English) comes from English strapless, from English strap, from English strope, from Middle English strope, from Old French estrope, from Latin stroppus, from Ancient Greek στρόφος, from Ancient Greek ἄνθος — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
straplessness (English): Absence of straps
Definitions
- Absence of straps
Ancestry of “straplessness”, step by step
straplessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strapless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strapless | Without a strap or straps; usually describing... |
| 2 | English | strap | A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth,... |
| 3 | English | strope | loop on a harness |
| 4 | Middle English | strope | — |
| 5 | Old French | estrope | strap, loop on a harness |
| 6 | Latin | stroppus | strap, band, thong; garter; wreath |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στρόφος | thong; rope; twisted band, cord |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄνθος | flower, blossom, bloom; froth, scum; bloom, peak |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ántʰos | flower, blossom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éndʰos | bloom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |