Where does “unfelicitousness” come from?
unfelicitousness (English) comes from English unfelicitous, from English felicitous, from English felicity, from Latin fēlīcitās, from Latin Fēlīx.
unfelicitousness (English): The quality of being unfelicitous
Definitions
- The quality of being unfelicitous
Ancestry of “unfelicitousness”, step by step
unfelicitousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfelicitous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfelicitous | Not felicitous; unhappy, unfortunate |
| 2 | English | felicitous | Characterized by felicity; Of a sentence or... |
| 3 | English | felicity | Happiness; An apt and pleasing style in speech,... |
| 4 | Latin | fēlīcitās | — |
| 5 | Latin | Fēlīx | — |
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 |