Where does “goodiness” come from?
goodiness (English) comes from English goody, from English Good, from Dutch goed, from Middle Dutch goet, from Old Dutch guot, from Proto-West Germanic gōd, from Proto-Germanic gudą, from Proto-Germanic gastiz — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
goodiness (English): The quality of being goody
Definitions
- The quality of being goody
Ancestry of “goodiness”, step by step
goodiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English goody
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | goody | Used to indicate pleasure or delight; A small... |
| 2 | English | Good | Plato's metaprinciple of proper systemic function between principles; the fundamental Platonic form which enables knowledge and metacognition, from which other concepts such as truth, justice and virtue derive meaning |
| 3 | Dutch | goed | good; correct, right; all right, fine |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | goet | good |
| 5 | Old Dutch | guot | good |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An 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 |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |