Where does “unspoilableness” come from?
unspoilableness (English) comes from English unspoilable, from English spoilable, from English spoil, from Middle English spoilen, from Old French espuler, from Latin spoliare, from Latin spolio, from Latin spolium — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
unspoilableness (English): The quality of being unspoilable
Definitions
- The quality of being unspoilable
Ancestry of “unspoilableness”, step by step
unspoilableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unspoilable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unspoilable | Not spoilable |
| 2 | English | spoilable | Liable to spoil or go bad |
| 3 | English | spoil | To strip of their arms or armour; To strip or... |
| 4 | Middle English | spoilen | — |
| 5 | Old French | espuler | — |
| 6 | Latin | spoliare | present active infinitive of spoliō;... |
| 7 | Latin | spolio | I strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing,... |
| 8 | Latin | spolium | the skin or hide of an animal stripped off; the... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |
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 |