Where does “surprisingness” come from?
surprisingness (English) comes from English surprising, from English surprise, from Middle English surprise, from Middle French surprise, from Old French sorprendre, from Old French sur-, from Latin super-, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
surprisingness (English): The condition of being surprising
Definitions
- The condition of being surprising
Ancestry of “surprisingness”, step by step
surprisingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surprising
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surprising | present participle of surprise; Causing surprise;... |
| 2 | English | surprise | Something unexpected; The feeling that something... |
| 3 | Middle English | surprise | — |
| 4 | Middle French | surprise | Alternative form of surprinse; feminine singular... |
| 5 | Old French | sorprendre | to surprise; to seize; to take control of; to... |
| 6 | Old French | sur- | over, on top of |
| 7 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | συμμετρία | commensurability; symmetry, due proportion; a... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σύμμετρος | symmetrical |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |