Where does “unitlessness” come from?
unitlessness (English) comes from English unitless, from English unit, from English unite, from Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
unitlessness (English): Absence of a unit
Definitions
- Absence of a unit
Ancestry of “unitlessness”, step by step
unitlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unitless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unitless | Having no units of measurement; such as a ratio... |
| 2 | English | unit | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a... |
| 3 | English | unite | To bring together as one; To come together as... |
| 4 | Middle English | uniten | to annex; to unite |
| 5 | Latin | ūnītus | united |
| 6 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |