absoluteness

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1. Latinab
2. Latinab-
3. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
4. Latinse-
5. Latinluō
6. Latinsolvō
7. Latinabsolvō
8. Latinabsolūtus
9. Middle Frenchabsolut
10. Middle Englishabsolut
11. Englishabsolute
12. English todayabsoluteness

From absolute + -ness.

First known use, by meaning

• Attested from the mid 16ᵗʰ century until the 17ᵗʰ century. The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
• First attested in the 16ᵗʰ century. Absolute authority, unlimited power; absolutism, despotism.
• First attested in the 17ᵗʰ century. The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
• First attested in the 17ᵗʰ century. Independent autonomy.