Where does “toilsomeness” come from?
toilsomeness (English) comes from English toilsome, from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
toilsomeness (English): The quality of being toilsome
Definitions
- The quality of being toilsome
Ancestry of “toilsomeness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | toilsome | Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious |
| 2 | English | some | A certain number, at least two; An indefinite... |
| 3 | Middle English | som | some |
| 4 | Old English | sum | some |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some , a certain; some, certain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |