Where does “uncompromisedness” come from?
uncompromisedness (English) comes from English uncompromised, from English compromised, from English compromise, from Middle French compromis, from Late Latin compromissum, from Latin compromittere, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
uncompromisedness (English): Quality of being uncompromised
Definitions
- Quality of being uncompromised
Ancestry of “uncompromisedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | uncompromised | Not compromised |
| 2 | English | compromised | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 3 | English | compromise | The settlement of differences by arbitration or... |
| 4 | Middle French | compromis | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | compromissum | a compromise, originally a mutual promise to... |
| 6 | Latin | compromittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 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 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |