Where does “unscornfulness” come from?
unscornfulness (English) comes from English unscornful, from English scornful, from English scorn, from English scarn, from Old French escarn, from Vulgar Latin escarnire, from Proto-Germanic skarnjan, from Proto-Germanic skeraną — to caw, crow.
unscornfulness (English): Quality of being unscornful
Definitions
- Quality of being unscornful
Ancestry of “unscornfulness”, step by step
unscornfulness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unscornful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unscornful | Not scornful |
| 2 | English | scornful | Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous |
| 3 | English | scorn | To feel or display contempt or disdain for... |
| 4 | English | scarn | dung |
| 5 | Old French | escarn | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | escarnire | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skarnjan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skeraną | to shear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |
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 |