Where does “unpermissiveness” come from?
unpermissiveness (English) comes from English unpermissive, from English permissive, from French permissif, from French permission, from Latin permissio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unpermissiveness (English): The quality of being unpermissive
Definitions
- The quality of being unpermissive
Ancestry of “unpermissiveness”, step by step
unpermissiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpermissive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpermissive | strict; repressive |
| 2 | English | permissive | Giving permission, or predisposed to give it;... |
| 3 | French | permissif | permissive, lenient |
| 4 | French | permission | permission |
| 5 | Latin | permissio | yielding, ceding; surrender; leave, permission |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |