Where does “ungraciousness” come from?
ungraciousness (English) comes from English ungracious, from English gracious, from Middle English gracious, from Old French gracious, from Latin grātiōsus, from Latin grātia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
ungraciousness (English): The state or quality of being ungracious
Definitions
- The state or quality of being ungracious
Ancestry of “ungraciousness”, step by step
ungraciousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ungracious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ungracious | Not gracious; unkind or cold-hearted |
| 2 | English | gracious | kind and warmly courteous; tactful; compassionate |
| 3 | Middle English | gracious | kind, gracious, polite; forgiving, relenting;... |
| 4 | Old French | gracious | — |
| 5 | Latin | grātiōsus | popular, agreeable |
| 6 | Latin | grātia | grace |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |