impassiveness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English impassive

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 impassiveness

From impassive + -ness.

Noun

impassiveness (uncountable)

1. The state of being impassive.

Synonyms

• impassivity

Translations

the state of being impassive

• Bulgarian: безучастност f (bezučastnost)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀταραξία f (ataraxía)