Where does “volubleness” come from?
volubleness (English) comes from English voluble, from Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
volubleness (English): The quality of being voluble
Definitions
- The quality of being voluble
Ancestry of “volubleness”, step by step
volubleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voluble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voluble | Fluent or having a ready flow of speech;... |
| 2 | Middle French | volubile | inconstant, variable; changeable; movable; moving |
| 3 | Latin | volūbilis | — |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
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 |