Where does “unjoyousness” come from?
unjoyousness (English) comes from English unjoyous, from English joyous, from Old French joieus, from Old French joie, from Latin gaudia, from Latin gaudium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unjoyousness (English): The quality of being unjoyous
Definitions
- The quality of being unjoyous
Ancestry of “unjoyousness”, step by step
unjoyousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unjoyous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unjoyous | Not joyous |
| 2 | English | joyous | Full of joy; happy |
| 3 | Old French | joieus | joyous; overjoyed |
| 4 | Old French | joie | joy; Alternative form of jouel |
| 5 | Latin | gaudia | nominative plural of gaudium; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Latin | gaudium | joy, delight |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 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 |