dauntlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French danterbor.

Latin domitō

Old French donterbor.

Middle English daunten

English daunt

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English dauntless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English dauntlessness

From dauntless + -ness.

Noun

dauntlessness (uncountable)

1. The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11:

     Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.

Translations

fearlessness

• Dutch: onverschrokkenheid (nl) f
• German: Furchtlosigkeit f, Unerschrockenheit (de) f, Verwegenheit (de) f, Beherztheit (de) f
• Latvian: bezbailība f, bezbailīgums m