Where does “untreatableness” come from?
untreatableness (English) comes from English untreatable, from English treatable, from French traitable, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
untreatableness (English): untreatability
Definitions
- untreatability
Ancestry of “untreatableness”, step by step
untreatableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untreatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untreatable | Not treatable; impossible to treat; A person with... |
| 2 | English | treatable | Able to be treated; not incurable; Not... |
| 3 | French | traitable | treatable; processable |
| 4 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 5 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 6 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 9 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
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 |