Where does “uncompassionateness” come from?
uncompassionateness (English) comes from English uncompassionate, from English compassionate, from French compassionné, from French compassionner, from French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio, from Latin compatior, from Latin cōn- — resin.
uncompassionateness (English): The quality of being uncompassionate
Definitions
- The quality of being uncompassionate
Ancestry of “uncompassionateness”, step by step
uncompassionateness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncompassionate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncompassionate | Not compassionate |
| 2 | English | compassionate | Having, feeling or showing compassion; Given to... |
| 3 | French | compassionné | past participle of compassionner |
| 4 | French | compassionner | to pity, feel sorry for |
| 5 | French | compassion | compassion, pity |
| 6 | Ecclesiastical Latin | compassio | sympathy; fellow suffering; sympathy, agreement,... |
| 7 | Latin | compatior | to suffer (with one); have compassion, (feel) pity |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
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 |