Where does “uncomprehensiveness” come from?
uncomprehensiveness (English) comes from English uncomprehensive, from English comprehensive, from Middle French compréhensif, from Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
uncomprehensiveness (English): The quality of being uncomprehensive
Definitions
- The quality of being uncomprehensive
Ancestry of “uncomprehensiveness”, step by step
uncomprehensiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncomprehensive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncomprehensive | Unable to comprehend; incomprehensible |
| 2 | English | comprehensive | Broadly or completely covering; including a large... |
| 3 | Middle French | compréhensif | — |
| 4 | Latin | comprehēnsīvus | comprehensible, perceivable, conceivable, graspable |
| 5 | Latin | comprehendō | to lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |