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Where does “sanitariness” come from?

sanitariness (English) comes from English sanitary, from French sanitaire, from Latin sānitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

sanitariness (English): The quality of being sanitary

Definitions

  1. The quality of being sanitary

Ancestry of “sanitariness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsanitaryOf, or relating to health; Clean and free from...
2Frenchsanitairesanitary; health
3Latinsānitās—
4Latin-tās—
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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