Australianness

Australianness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English Australian
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English Australianness

    From Australian + -ness.

    Noun

    Australianness (uncountable)

    1. The state or quality of being Australian.
      • 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 138:
        He believed that the people he looked at around the room were had it. Did not have what the policy required of them. Did not share the dream of Australianness.

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