Where does “transposableness” come from?
transposableness (English) comes from English transposable, from English transpose, from Old French transposer, from Latin transpositus, from Latin transpono, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
transposableness (English): The quality of being transposable
Definitions
- The quality of being transposable
Ancestry of “transposableness”, step by step
transposableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transposable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transposable | able to be transposed |
| 2 | English | transpose | To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange |
| 3 | Old French | transposer | — |
| 4 | Latin | transpositus | transferred |
| 5 | Latin | transpono | I place over or across; I transfer |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |