Where does “unaccountableness” come from?
unaccountableness (English) comes from English unaccountable, from English accountable, from English account, from Middle English acounte, from Anglo-Norman acunte, from Old French aconte, from Old French aconter, from Old French conter — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unaccountableness (English): The state or condition of being unaccountable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unaccountable
Ancestry of “unaccountableness”, step by step
unaccountableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unaccountable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unaccountable | inexplicable; unable to account for, or explain;... |
| 2 | English | accountable | Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable |
| 3 | English | account | A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written... |
| 4 | Middle English | acounte | An enumeration or count; the act of counting |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | acunte | account; count; calculation; account; version of... |
| 6 | Old French | aconte | — |
| 7 | Old French | aconter | to tell; to inform of; to do the accounts |
| 8 | Old French | conter | to tell; to say; to recount; to add up |
| 9 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |