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Where does “otherliness” come from?

otherliness (English) comes from English otherly, from English other, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio — shoe.

otherliness (English): Quality of being otherly

Definitions

  1. Quality of being otherly

Ancestry of “otherliness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishotherlyPertaining to something or someone else;...
2EnglishotherSee "other" below; Second; Alien
3EnglishkinRace; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same...
4Englishfictionkin—
5EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
6Middle Englishficcioun—
7Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
8Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
9Latin-tiō—
10Latindissertātiō—
11Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
12Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
13Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14Latincalceusshoe
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