Where does “unpicturesqueness” come from?
unpicturesqueness (English) comes from English unpicturesque, from English picturesque, from French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum — to turn.
unpicturesqueness (English): The state or quality of being unpicturesque
Definitions
- The state or quality of being unpicturesque
Ancestry of “unpicturesqueness”, step by step
unpicturesqueness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpicturesque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpicturesque | Not picturesque; unattractive |
| 2 | English | picturesque | Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting;... |
| 3 | French | pittoresque | picturesque; someone or something that is... |
| 4 | Italian | pittoresco | picturesque |
| 5 | Italian | -esco | Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 7 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 8 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 9 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 10 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
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 |