Where does “treasonableness” come from?
treasonableness (English) comes from English treasonable, from English treason, from Middle English tresoun, from Anglo-Norman French treson, from Old French traïson, from Latin trāditiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
treasonableness (English): The quality of being treasonable
Definitions
- The quality of being treasonable
Ancestry of “treasonableness”, step by step
treasonableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English treasonable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treasonable | involving or constituting treason |
| 2 | English | treason | The crime of betraying one’s own country; An act... |
| 3 | Middle English | tresoun | Betrayal; aiding one's enemies or rivals;... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman French | treson | — |
| 5 | Old French | traïson | Alternative form of traison |
| 6 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |