Where does “torpidness” come from?
torpidness (English) comes from English torpid, from French torpide, from Latin torpidus, from Latin torpere, from Latin torpeo, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
torpidness (English): torpor; torpidity
Definitions
- torpor; torpidity
Ancestry of “torpidness”, step by step
torpidness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English torpid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | torpid | unmoving; dormant or hibernating; lazy, lethargic... |
| 2 | French | torpide | torpid |
| 3 | Latin | torpidus | benumbed, stupefied, torpid |
| 4 | Latin | torpere | present active infinitive of torpeō; to be numb;... |
| 5 | Latin | torpeo | I am stiff, numb, torpid or motionless; I am... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
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 |