Where does “uncomplainingness” come from?
uncomplainingness (English) comes from English uncomplaining, from English complaining, from English complain, from Middle English complaynen, from Old French complaindre, from Old French conplaindre, from Medieval Latin complangere, from Latin com- — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
uncomplainingness (English): The quality of being uncomplaining
Definitions
- The quality of being uncomplaining
Ancestry of “uncomplainingness”, step by step
uncomplainingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncomplaining
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncomplaining | Without complaint; patient and tolerant |
| 2 | English | complaining | present participle of complain; The act by which... |
| 3 | English | complain | To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or... |
| 4 | Middle English | complaynen | — |
| 5 | Old French | complaindre | Alternative form of conplaindre |
| 6 | Old French | conplaindre | to complain; to make a complaint |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | complangere | to bewail, complain |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | 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 |