Where does “unflexibleness” come from?
unflexibleness (English) comes from English unflexible, from English flexible, from Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Ancestry of “unflexibleness”, step by step
unflexibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unflexible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unflexible | Not flexible |
| 2 | English | flexible | Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking;... |
| 3 | Middle French | flexible | — |
| 4 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
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 |