Where does “uncrossableness” come from?
uncrossableness (English) comes from English uncrossable, from English crossable, from English cross, from French croix, from German Kreuz, from Spanish Cruz, from Portuguese cruz, from Italian croce — to caw, crow.
uncrossableness (English): The quality of being uncrossable
Definitions
- The quality of being uncrossable
Ancestry of “uncrossableness”, step by step
uncrossableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English uncrossable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | uncrossable | Impossible to cross |
| 2 | English | crossable | Able to be crossed |
| 3 | English | cross | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight... |
| 4 | French | croix | cross; a representation of a cross; the cross as... |
| 5 | German | Kreuz | cross; clubs; sharp |
| 6 | Spanish | Cruz | cross |
| 7 | Portuguese | cruz | cross |
| 8 | Italian | croce | cross |
| 9 | Latin | crux | wooden frame on which criminals were crucified,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *kruks | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |
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 |