Where does “unchangefulness” come from?
unchangefulness (English) comes from English unchangeful, from English changeful, from English change, from Middle English chaungen, from Anglo-Norman chaunger, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambiō — to bend; crooked; crooked.
unchangefulness (English): The quality of being unchangeful
Definitions
- The quality of being unchangeful
Ancestry of “unchangefulness”, step by step
unchangefulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unchangeful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unchangeful | Not changeful |
| 2 | English | changeful | Changing frequently; very susceptible to change |
| 3 | English | change | To become something different; To make something... |
| 4 | Middle English | chaungen | to change; to modify |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | chaunger | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of changier |
| 6 | Old French | changier | to change; to make a change |
| 7 | Late Latin | cambiare | — |
| 8 | Latin | cambiō | to exchange, barter; change |
| 9 | Latin | cambium | A change; cambium |
| 10 | Gaulish | cambion | change |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | kambos | curved; twisted, crooked |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kamp- | to bend; crooked; crooked |
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 |