Where does “untunableness” come from?
untunableness (English) comes from English untunable, from English tunable, from English tune, from Middle English tune, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
untunableness (English): The quality of not being tuneful
Definitions
- The quality of not being tuneful
Ancestry of “untunableness”, step by step
untunableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untunable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untunable | Unable to be tuned; unmelodic; inharmonious |
| 2 | English | tunable | Harmonious, melodic, tuneful; Able to be tuned; A... |
| 3 | English | tune | A melody; A song, or short musical composition;... |
| 4 | Middle English | tune | Alternative form of toun |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
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 |