Where does “vigourlessness” come from?
vigourlessness (English) comes from English vigourless, from English vigour, from Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from Latin vigor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
vigourlessness (English): Rare spelling of vigorlessness
Definitions
- Rare spelling of vigorlessness
Ancestry of “vigourlessness”, step by step
vigourlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vigourless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vigourless | Alternative form of vigorless |
| 2 | English | vigour | Active strength or force of body or mind;... |
| 3 | Middle English | vigour | — |
| 4 | Old French | vigour | Alternative form of vigur |
| 5 | Latin | vigor | vigor, liveliness, activity; power, strength |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |