Where does “traillessness” come from?
traillessness (English) comes from English trailless, from English trail, from Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler, from Vulgar Latin tragulare, from Latin trāgula — a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum).
traillessness (English): Absence of trails
Definitions
- Absence of trails
Ancestry of “traillessness”, step by step
traillessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trailless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trailless | Without a trail |
| 2 | English | trail | To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something) |
| 3 | Middle English | trailen | to hang loosely, drag along, drag away |
| 4 | Old French | trailler | to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tragulare | to drag |
| 6 | Latin | trāgula | a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum) |
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 |