Where does “unsordidness” come from?
unsordidness (English) comes from English unsordid, from English sordid, from French sordide, from Latin sordidus, from Latin sordeō, from Latin sordes, from Latin sordeo, from Proto-Italic swerdēō — dirty, dark, black.
unsordidness (English): The quality of being unsordid
Definitions
- The quality of being unsordid
Ancestry of “unsordidness”, step by step
unsordidness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsordid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsordid | Not sordid |
| 2 | English | sordid | Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible;... |
| 3 | French | sordide | sordid; squalid; sleazy |
| 4 | Latin | sordidus | dirty, filthy; of poor, mean, base quality,... |
| 5 | Latin | sordeō | to be dirty, filthy or foul |
| 6 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 7 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |
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 |