Where does “untroublesomeness” come from?
untroublesomeness (English) comes from English untroublesome, from English troublesome, from English trouble, from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
untroublesomeness (English): The quality of being untroublesome
Definitions
- The quality of being untroublesome
Ancestry of “untroublesomeness”, step by step
untroublesomeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untroublesome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untroublesome | Not troublesome |
| 2 | English | troublesome | Causing trouble or anxiety |
| 3 | English | trouble | A distressing or dangerous situation; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | trouble | Murky, muddy, turbid, opaque |
| 5 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 6 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 7 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 9 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 10 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |
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 |