Where does “virtuelessness” come from?
virtuelessness (English) comes from English virtueless, from Middle English vertulees, from Middle English vertu, from Anglo-Norman vertu, from Latin virtutem, from Latin virtus, from Latin vir, from Proto-Italic wiros — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
virtuelessness (English): Absence of virtue
Definitions
- Absence of virtue
Ancestry of “virtuelessness”, step by step
virtuelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English virtueless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | virtueless | Lacking virtue or goodness; Lacking efficacy |
| 2 | Middle English | vertulees | Powerless, ineffective; Immoral; lacking a sense... |
| 3 | Middle English | vertu | An ability, specialty, or feature; Power,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | vertu | valour; honour; goodness; virtue |
| 5 | Latin | virtutem | accusative singular of virtūs; virtue |
| 6 | Latin | virtus | manhood, manliness, virility; courage,... |
| 7 | Latin | vir | man in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wiros | a man |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
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 |