Where does “sweepingness” come from?
sweepingness (English) comes from English sweeping, from English sweep, from Middle English swepen, from Middle English -els, from Old English -els, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
sweepingness (English): The quality of being sweeping; broadness of scope
Definitions
- The quality of being sweeping; broadness of scope
Ancestry of “sweepingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sweeping | present participle of sweep; An instance of... |
| 2 | English | sweep | To clean by means of a stroking motion of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | swepen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -els | — |
| 5 | Old English | -els | suffix creating nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |