Where does “surmountableness” come from?
surmountableness (English) comes from English surmountable, from English surmount, from Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.
surmountableness (English): The quality of being surmountable
Definitions
- The quality of being surmountable
Ancestry of “surmountableness”, step by step
surmountableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surmountable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surmountable | Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable |
| 2 | English | surmount | To get over; to overcome; To cap; to sit on top... |
| 3 | Middle English | surmounten | To be or go above; to be higher than |
| 4 | Old French | surmonter | to rise above, surmount |
| 5 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 6 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 7 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 8 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
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 |