Where does “uncatchableness” come from?
uncatchableness (English) comes from English uncatchable, from English catchable, from English catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
uncatchableness (English): Quality or state of not being catchable
Definitions
- Quality or state of not being catchable
Ancestry of “uncatchableness”, step by step
uncatchableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncatchable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncatchable | Not catchable; that cannot be caught |
| 2 | English | catchable | That can be caught |
| 3 | English | catch | The act of seizing or capturing; The act of... |
| 4 | Middle English | cacchen | to catch |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 7 | Latin | coactō | to compel, constrain, force |
| 8 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 9 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
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 |