Where does “untraceableness” come from?
untraceableness (English) comes from English untraceable, from English traceable, from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus — to run.
untraceableness (English): The quality of being untraceable
Definitions
- The quality of being untraceable
Ancestry of “untraceableness”, step by step
untraceableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untraceable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untraceable | Not able to be traced or tracked down |
| 2 | English | traceable | Capable of being traced; possible to track down |
| 3 | English | trace | An act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a... |
| 4 | Middle English | trace | A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's... |
| 5 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 6 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 8 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
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 |