Where does “suggestibleness” come from?
suggestibleness (English) comes from English suggestible, from French suggestion, from Old French suggestion, from Latin suggestiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
suggestibleness (English): The quality of being suggestible
Definitions
- The quality of being suggestible
Ancestry of “suggestibleness”, step by step
suggestibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suggestible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suggestible | Susceptible to influence by suggestion |
| 2 | French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal; suggestion |
| 3 | Old French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal |
| 4 | Latin | suggestiō | addition |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |