Where does “unstraightforwardness” come from?
unstraightforwardness (English) comes from English unstraightforward, from English straightforward, from English forward, from Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard, from Old English weard, from Old English ōra, from Old English ēar — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
unstraightforwardness (English): The state or quality of being unstraightforward;...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being unstraightforward;...
Ancestry of “unstraightforwardness”, step by step
unstraightforwardness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unstraightforward
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unstraightforward | Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal,... |
| 2 | English | straightforward | Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not... |
| 3 | English | forward | Toward the front or at the front; Without... |
| 4 | Middle English | foreward | forward; agreement, contract, treaty, bargain,... |
| 5 | Old English | foreweard | forward, fore, former, early, prior; an... |
| 6 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 7 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 8 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 11 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |
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 |