Where does “unfruitfulness” come from?
unfruitfulness (English) comes from English unfruitful, from English fruitful, from Middle English fruitefull, from Middle English -ful, from Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.
unfruitfulness (English): the state or property of being unfruitful;...
Definitions
- the state or property of being unfruitful;...
Ancestry of “unfruitfulness”, step by step
unfruitfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unfruitful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unfruitful | Not bearing fruit |
| 2 | English | fruitful | Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful... |
| 3 | Middle English | fruitefull | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 5 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
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 |