Where does “guiltiness” come from?
Guiltiness derives from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, and Proto-Germanic -inassuz, a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives and verbs.
guiltiness (English): The state of being guilty; guilt
Definitions
- The state of being guilty; guilt
Ancestry of “guiltiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | giltines | — |
| 2 | Middle English | gilty | — |
| 3 | Old English | gyltiġ | offending, guilty |
| 4 | Old English | gylt | guilt |
| 5 | Lithuanian | gulti | lie, lie down; fall ill, sick; wilt, droop |
| 6 | Proto-Kartvelian | gwel- | snake |