Where does “knowingness” come from?
Knowingness derives from English knowing, which comes from Old English cnāwan, ultimately traced to the Proto-Indo-European root ǵneh₃- meaning to know or recognize.
knowingness (English): The quality or state of being knowing
Definitions
- The quality or state of being knowing
Ancestry of “knowingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knowing | Possessing knowledge or understanding;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |