Where does “tenurelessness” come from?
tenurelessness (English) comes from English tenureless, from English tenure, from Middle English tenure, from Old French tenure, from Latin tenitura, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō — to stretch, to extend.
tenurelessness (English): Absence of tenure
Definitions
- Absence of tenure
Ancestry of “tenurelessness”, step by step
tenurelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tenureless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tenureless | Without academic tenure |
| 2 | English | tenure | A status of possessing a thing or an office; an... |
| 3 | Middle English | tenure | Alternative form of tenour |
| 4 | Old French | tenure | tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system) |
| 5 | Latin | tenitura | — |
| 6 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 7 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
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 |