Where does “volatileness” come from?
volatileness (English) comes from English volatile, from Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
volatileness (English): The quality of being volatile
Definitions
- The quality of being volatile
Ancestry of “volatileness”, step by step
volatileness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English volatile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | volatile | Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal... |
| 2 | Middle French | volatile | — |
| 3 | Latin | volātilis | flying, winged |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |