Where does “overkindness” come from?
overkindness (English) comes from English overkind, from English kind, from Middle English kynde, from Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
overkindness (English): Excessive kindness
Ancestry of “overkindness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | overkind | Excessively kind; kind beyond deserts;... |
| 2 | English | kind | A type, race or category; a group of entities... |
| 3 | Middle English | kynde | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -nesse | Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns... |
| 5 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |