Where does “unfastidiousness” come from?
unfastidiousness (English) comes from English unfastidious, from English fastidious, from Latin fastīdiōsus, from Latin fastīdium, from Latin fastus, from Latin fas, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.
unfastidiousness (English): The quality of being unfastidious
Definitions
- The quality of being unfastidious
Ancestry of “unfastidiousness”, step by step
unfastidiousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfastidious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfastidious | Not fastidious |
| 2 | English | fastidious | Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about... |
| 3 | Latin | fastīdiōsus | squeamish |
| 4 | Latin | fastīdium | loathing, disgust, disdain |
| 5 | Latin | fastus | allowed; A day on which courts sat; court... |
| 6 | Latin | fas | dictates of religion, divine law (opp. iūs, human law), or an obligation thereunder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂os | utterance, saying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
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 |