Where does “unmeritoriousness” come from?
unmeritoriousness (English) comes from English unmeritorious, from English meritorious, from Middle English meritorious, from Latin meritorius, from Latin -torius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
unmeritoriousness (English): The quality of being unmeritorious
Definitions
- The quality of being unmeritorious
Ancestry of “unmeritoriousness”, step by step
unmeritoriousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unmeritorious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unmeritorious | Not meritorious; without merit |
| 2 | English | meritorious | Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving... |
| 3 | Middle English | meritorious | — |
| 4 | Latin | meritorius | Of or pertaining to the earning of money, by... |
| 5 | Latin | -torius | -ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |