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Where does “stealthfulness” come from?

stealthfulness (English) comes from English stealthful, from English stealth, from Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic stēliþō.

stealthfulness (English): The quality of being stealthy

Definitions

  1. The quality of being stealthy

Ancestry of “stealthfulness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstealthfulstealthy
2EnglishstealthThe attribute or characteristic of acting in...
3Middle Englishstelthe—
4Old Englishstǣlþ—
5Proto-Germanicstēliþō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stēliþō →