Where does “transportableness” come from?
transportableness (English) comes from English transportable, from English transport, from Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportō, from Latin portō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
transportableness (English): The quality of being transportable
Definitions
- The quality of being transportable
Ancestry of “transportableness”, step by step
transportableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transportable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transportable | Capable of being transported; easily moved;... |
| 2 | English | transport | To carry or bear from one place to another; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | transporten | — |
| 4 | Old French | transporter | to transport |
| 5 | Latin | trānsportō | to carry across; to transport |
| 6 | Latin | portō | to carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |