Where does “tracelessness” come from?
tracelessness (English) comes from English traceless, from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere — to run.
tracelessness (English): The quality of being traceless
Definitions
- The quality of being traceless
Ancestry of “tracelessness”, step by step
tracelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English traceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traceless | That has no traces; That cannot be traced;... |
| 2 | English | trace | An act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a... |
| 3 | Middle English | trace | A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's... |
| 4 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 5 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 7 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
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 |