Where does “unbeautifulness” come from?
unbeautifulness (English) comes from English unbeautiful, from English beautiful, from English beauty, from Middle English beaute, from Old French biauté, from Vulgar Latin bellitas, from Latin bellus, from Latin villus — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
unbeautifulness (English): The state or condition of being unbeautiful
Definitions
- The state or condition of being unbeautiful
Ancestry of “unbeautifulness”, step by step
unbeautifulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unbeautiful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unbeautiful | Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant |
| 2 | English | beautiful | Attractive and possessing beauty; Pleasant;... |
| 3 | English | beauty | The quality of being attractive, pleasing, fine... |
| 4 | Middle English | beaute | The quality of being physically appealing;... |
| 5 | Old French | biauté | beauty |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bellitas | beauty |
| 7 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 8 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 9 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
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 |