Where does “unserviceableness” come from?
unserviceableness (English) comes from English unserviceable, from English serviceable, from Old French servisable, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
unserviceableness (English): Quality of being unserviceable
Definitions
- Quality of being unserviceable
Ancestry of “unserviceableness”, step by step
unserviceableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unserviceable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unserviceable | Unusable; of no use; Not working; Impractical |
| 2 | English | serviceable | Easy to service; Repairable instead of... |
| 3 | Old French | servisable | — |
| 4 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 5 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 6 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |