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
- The quality of being unceasing
Ancestry of “unceasingness”, step by step
unceasingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unceasing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unceasing | continuous; continuing indefinitely without... |
| 2 | English | ceasing | present participle of cease; A cessation |
| 3 | English | cease | To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;... |
| 4 | Middle English | cesen | — |
| 5 | Middle French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 6 | Old French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 7 | Latin | cessō | to stop, desist, halt, cease |
| 8 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 11 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
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 |