comparativeness

comparativeness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin pār
Latin compār
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin comparō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin īvus
Latin comparātīvusbor.
Old French comparatifbor.
Middle English comparatif
English comparative
Proto-Germanic *-in-
▲
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 comparativeness

    From comparative + -ness.

    Noun

    comparativeness (uncountable)

    1. The state or quality of being comparative.
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