Where does “soreness” come from?
Soreness comes from Middle English sornesse, from Old English sārnes, a derivative of Old English sār meaning painful or grievous.
soreness (English): The property, state, or condition of being sore;...
Definitions
- The property, state, or condition of being sore;...
Ancestry of “soreness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sornes | Alternative form of sorenes |
| 2 | Old English | sārnes | bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief |
| 3 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |