Where does “unnewsworthiness” come from?
unnewsworthiness (English) comes from English unnewsworthy, from English newsworthy, from English -worthy, from English Worthy, from English -ly, from English grisly, from Middle English grisely, from Old English grisliċ.
unnewsworthiness (English): The characteristic of being unnewsworthy
Definitions
- The characteristic of being unnewsworthy
Ancestry of “unnewsworthiness”, step by step
unnewsworthiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unnewsworthy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unnewsworthy | Not newsworthy |
| 2 | English | newsworthy | Interesting enough to be reported as a news |
| 3 | English | -worthy | Of sufficient worth for; deserving of; Suitable... |
| 4 | English | Worthy | OS grid ref SS8548 |
| 5 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 6 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 7 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 8 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 9 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
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 |