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Where does “thenness” come from?

thenness (English) comes from English then, from German Thon, from French thon, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος, from Ancient Greek θύνω — to rush along.

thenness (English): The state or condition of being then, in the past...

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being then, in the past...

Ancestry of “thenness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthenAt that time; Soon afterward; Next in order; in...
2GermanThontuna; Obsolete spelling of Ton which was...
3Frenchthontuna; an ugly woman
4Latinthunnustuna
5Ancient Greekθύννοςtuna
6Ancient Greekθύνωto rush along
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