Where does “unpresumingness” come from?
unpresumingness (English) comes from English unpresuming, from English presuming, from English presume, from English presumably, from English -ably, from English -ly, from English grisly, from Middle English grisely.
unpresumingness (English): The quality of being unpresuming
Definitions
- The quality of being unpresuming
Ancestry of “unpresumingness”, step by step
unpresumingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpresuming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpresuming | Not presumptuous |
| 2 | English | presuming | present participle of presume; confidently or... |
| 3 | English | presume | To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission |
| 4 | English | presumably | able to be sensibly presumed |
| 5 | English | -ably | Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives... |
| 6 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 7 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 8 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 9 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 10 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 11 | 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 |