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Where does “chosenness” come from?

Chosenness is an English formation combining chosen with the Old English suffix -nes, derived from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inōną meaning to select or pick out.

chosenness (English): The quality of being chosen

Definitions

  1. The quality of being chosen

Ancestry of “chosenness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchosenpast participle of choose; picked; selected;...
2Middle Englishchosenchosen; to choose
3Old Englishċēosanto choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test,...
4Proto-West Germanickeusanto choose
5Proto-Germanickeusanąto test, to try; to choose
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵews-to taste, try
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