Where does “unboastfulness” come from?
unboastfulness (English) comes from English unboastful, from English boastful, from English -ful, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
unboastfulness (English): The quality of being unboastful
Definitions
- The quality of being unboastful
Ancestry of “unboastfulness”, step by step
unboastfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unboastful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unboastful | Not boastful |
| 2 | English | boastful | Tending to boast or brag |
| 3 | English | -ful | Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 5 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
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 |