Where does “caringness” come from?

caringness (English) comes from English caring, from English care, from Middle English care, from Old English caru, from Proto-West Germanic karu, from Proto-Germanic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r- — to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry.

caringness (English): The quality of being caring

Definitions

  1. The quality of being caring

Ancestry of “caringness”, step by step

caringness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English caring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaringKind, sensitive, empathetic; present participle...
2EnglishcareGrief, sorrow; Close attention; concern;...
3Middle Englishcaregrief; sorrow
4Old Englishcaruworry, anxiety, care; sorrow, grief
5Proto-West Germanickarucare, worry
6Proto-Germanickarōcomplaint, lament, grievance, moan; worry,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵeh₂r-to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r-