Where does “unperceivingness” come from?
unperceivingness (English) comes from English unperceiving, from English perceiving, from English perceive, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
unperceivingness (English): Lack of perception
Definitions
- Lack of perception
Ancestry of “unperceivingness”, step by step
unperceivingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unperceiving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unperceiving | Not perceiving; devoid of perception |
| 2 | English | perceiving | present participle of perceive; The act by which... |
| 3 | English | perceive | To become aware of, through the physical senses... |
| 4 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 5 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
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 |