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Where does “all-seeingness” come from?

all-seeingness (English) comes from English all-seeing, from English seeing, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

all-seeingness (English): The state or quality of being all-seeing

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being all-seeing

Ancestry of “all-seeingness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishall-seeingHaving knowledge of all things said or done
2Englishseeingpresent participle of see; Having vision; not...
3English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūn—
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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