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Where does “unremittingness” come from?

unremittingness (English) comes from English unremitting, from English remitting, from Middle English remitten, from Latin remitto, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

unremittingness (English): The quality of being unremitting

Definitions

  1. The quality of being unremitting

Ancestry of “unremittingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunremittingincessant; never slackening
2Englishremittingpresent participle of remit; remittance
3Middle Englishremitten—
4Latinremittoto send back, to remit, to throw back; to relax,...
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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