Where does “summeriness” come from?
summeriness (English) comes from English summery, from English Summer, from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer — to follow; to see; to say.
summeriness (English): The state or condition of being summery
Definitions
- The state or condition of being summery
Ancestry of “summeriness”, step by step
summeriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English summery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | summery | Relating to the summer; Of weather, typical of... |
| 2 | English | Summer | of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer |
| 3 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 4 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 5 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 6 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 7 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 8 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 9 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 11 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
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 |