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Where does “unceasingness” come from?

unceasingness (English) comes from English unceasing, from English ceasing, from English cease, from Middle English cesen, from Middle French cesser, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessō, from Latin cēdō.

unceasingness (English): The quality of being unceasing

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unceasing

Ancestry of “unceasingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunceasingcontinuous; continuing indefinitely without...
2Englishceasingpresent participle of cease; A cessation
3EnglishceaseTo stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;...
4Middle Englishcesen—
5Middle Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
6Old Frenchcesserto cease; to stop
7Latincessō—
8Latincēdō—
9Proto-Italickedōgive here!
10Proto-Italickehere
11Indo-European*ḱe—
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