Where does “unembarrassedness” come from?
unembarrassedness (English) comes from English unembarrassed, from English embarrassed, from English embarrass, from French embarrasser, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
unembarrassedness (English): The quality of being unembarrassed
Definitions
- The quality of being unembarrassed
Ancestry of “unembarrassedness”, step by step
unembarrassedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unembarrassed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unembarrassed | Not embarrassed |
| 2 | English | embarrassed | Having a feeling of shameful discomfort; Impeded;... |
| 3 | English | embarrass | to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or... |
| 4 | French | embarrasser | embarrass; clutter; block |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |