Where does “friendliness” come from?
Friendliness derives from Middle English freendly, Old English -nes, Proto-Germanic frijōndlīkaz and frijōndz, tracing ultimately to Proto-Indo-European preyH-, prāy-, and prēy-.
friendliness (English): the quality of being friendly
Definitions
- the quality of being friendly
Ancestry of “friendliness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | friendly | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate... |
| 2 | Middle English | frendly | Friendly, amicable; acting like a friend;... |
| 3 | Old English | frēondlīċ | friendly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | frijōndlīkaz | friendlike; friendly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |