Where does “uncontentiousness” come from?
uncontentiousness (English) comes from English uncontentious, from English contentious, from Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from Latin contentio, from Latin contendere, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
uncontentiousness (English): The quality of being uncontentious
Definitions
- The quality of being uncontentious
Ancestry of “uncontentiousness”, step by step
uncontentiousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncontentious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncontentious | Not contentious |
| 2 | English | contentious | Marked by heated arguments or controversy; Given... |
| 3 | Middle French | contentieux | — |
| 4 | Latin | contentiosus | contentious, disputatious; headstrong, obstinate,... |
| 5 | Latin | contentio | stretching, tension; competition, rivalry;... |
| 6 | Latin | contendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 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 | 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 |