Where does “unexceptionalness” come from?
unexceptionalness (English) comes from English unexceptional, from English exceptional, from English exception, from Middle English exception, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
unexceptionalness (English): The quality of being unexceptional
Definitions
- The quality of being unexceptional
Ancestry of “unexceptionalness”, step by step
unexceptionalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unexceptional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unexceptional | Not exceptional |
| 2 | English | exceptional | Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon;... |
| 3 | English | exception | The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion;... |
| 4 | Middle English | exception | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | excepcioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | excepcion | — |
| 7 | Latin | exceptiō | An exception or objection in law |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
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 |