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Where does “wrongness” come from?

Wrongness derives from Middle English wrongnesse, formed from wrong with the suffix -ness to denote the quality or state of being wrong.

wrongness (English): The quality of being wrong; error or fault; Wrong...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being wrong; error or fault; Wrong...

Ancestry of “wrongness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwrongnesse—
Every word from Middle English wrongnesse →