Where does “unimaginableness” come from?
unimaginableness (English) comes from English unimaginable, from English imagine, from Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im-, from Latin īn- — in.
unimaginableness (English): The quality of being unimaginable
Definitions
- The quality of being unimaginable
Ancestry of “unimaginableness”, step by step
unimaginableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unimaginable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unimaginable | unable to be imagined; inconceivable or... |
| 2 | English | imagine | To form a mental image of something; to envision... |
| 3 | Middle English | ymagynen | to imagine or depict; to formulate a mental... |
| 4 | Middle French | imaginer | — |
| 5 | Latin | imāginor | to imagine, conceive |
| 6 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 7 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |