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
sweepingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sweeping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | To sweep; to stroke with a broom |
| 4 | Middle English | -els | suffix creating nouns denoting events, instruments, or places from verbs |
| 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... |
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 |