Where does “unindustriousness” come from?
unindustriousness (English) comes from English unindustrious, from English industrious, from Middle French industrieux, from Latin industriosus, from Latin industria, from Latin industrius, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō — sterile, infertile.
unindustriousness (English): The quality of being unindustrious
Definitions
- The quality of being unindustrious
Ancestry of “unindustriousness”, step by step
unindustriousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unindustrious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unindustrious | Not industrious |
| 2 | English | industrious | Hard-working and persistent |
| 3 | Middle French | industrieux | — |
| 4 | Latin | industriosus | diligent, active, industrious |
| 5 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 6 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 7 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
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 |