Where does “unquestioningness” come from?
unquestioningness (English) comes from English unquestioning, from English questioning, from English question, from French questionner, from French question, from Old French question, from Latin quaestiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unquestioningness (English): The property of being unquestioning, of not asking questions or having doubts
Definitions
- The property of being unquestioning, of not asking questions or having doubts
Ancestry of “unquestioningness”, step by step
unquestioningness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unquestioning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unquestioning | Believing without question; having absolute... |
| 2 | English | questioning | The action of asking questions; a survey; an... |
| 3 | English | question | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for... |
| 4 | French | questionner | to question, interrogate; to call into question |
| 5 | French | question | a question; a matter or issue; a problem |
| 6 | Old French | question | question (verbal statement intended to elicit a response) |
| 7 | Latin | quaestiō | problem |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | 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 |