Where does “unmeaningness” come from?
unmeaningness (English) comes from English unmeaning, from English meaning, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
unmeaningness (English): The quality of being unmeaning; insignificance
Definitions
- The quality of being unmeaning; insignificance
Ancestry of “unmeaningness”, step by step
unmeaningness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unmeaning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unmeaning | Having no meaning or significance |
| 2 | English | meaning | The denotation, referent, or idea connected with... |
| 3 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |