Where does “unexactness” come from?
unexactness (English) comes from English unexact, from English exact, from Latin exactare, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
unexactness (English): Alternative form of inexactness
Definitions
- Alternative form of inexactness
Ancestry of “unexactness”, step by step
unexactness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unexact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unexact | Not exact |
| 2 | English | exact | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or... |
| 3 | Latin | exactare | — |
| 4 | Latin | exactus | driven out, expelled, having been driven out;... |
| 5 | Latin | exigō | to drive out; expel |
| 6 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
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 |