Where does “thankfulness” come from?
Thankfulness derives from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, and Proto-Germanic -inassuz, a noun suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.
thankfulness (English): The state of being thankful
Definitions
- The state of being thankful
Ancestry of “thankfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Ness | — |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |