Where does “unexcitingness” come from?
unexcitingness (English) comes from English unexciting, from English exciting, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex- — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
unexcitingness (English): The quality of being unexciting
Definitions
- The quality of being unexciting
Ancestry of “unexcitingness”, step by step
unexcitingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unexciting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unexciting | Not exciting |
| 2 | English | exciting | present participle of excite; creating or... |
| 3 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement |
| 4 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 5 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 6 | Latin | excitō | to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon |
| 7 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 8 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 9 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 11 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 12 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 13 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
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 |