Where does “undeliverableness” come from?
undeliverableness (English) comes from English undeliverable, from English deliverable, from English deliver, from Middle English deliveren, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
undeliverableness (English): The quality of being undeliverable
Definitions
- The quality of being undeliverable
Ancestry of “undeliverableness”, step by step
undeliverableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English undeliverable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undeliverable | Not able to be delivered; A message, parcel, etc.... |
| 2 | English | deliverable | Able to be delivered; The tangible end product;... |
| 3 | English | deliver | To set free from restraint or danger; To do with... |
| 4 | Middle English | deliveren | — |
| 5 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 6 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 7 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 10 | French | lober | to lob |
| 11 | French | lob | lob |
| 12 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 13 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 14 | French | long | long |
| 15 | Old French | long | long length, duration |
| 16 | Old French | lonc | Alternative form of long |
| 17 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 18 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 19 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 20 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 21 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 22 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |