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Where does “otherworldliness” come from?

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

otherworldliness (English): The quality of being otherworldly

Definitions

  1. The quality of being otherworldly

Ancestry of “otherworldliness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishotherworldlyOf, concerned with, or preoccupied with a...
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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