Where does “troutiness” come from?
troutiness (English) comes from English trouty, from English trout, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής — passed , crossed.
troutiness (English): The quality of being trouty
Definitions
- The quality of being trouty
Ancestry of “troutiness”, step by step
troutiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trouty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trouty | Containing trout |
| 2 | English | trout | Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae,... |
| 3 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 4 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 5 | Old French | truite | — |
| 6 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | 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 |