Where does “voidableness” come from?
voidableness (English) comes from English voidable, from English void, from English voidee, from English voider, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
voidableness (English): voidability
Definitions
- voidability
Ancestry of “voidableness”, step by step
voidableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voidable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voidable | capable of being voided or made void |
| 2 | English | void | Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or... |
| 3 | English | voidee | A cup of wine drunk with spices or other small... |
| 4 | English | voider | One who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates,... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |