Etymology

alwayness

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Today it means: The state or quality of occurring always. Full definition →

English alway ← Middle English alwey ← Old English ealneġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*all
  5. Old Englisheall
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*wegaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*weg
  9. Old Englishweġ
  10. Old Englishealneġ
  11. Middle Englishalwey
  12. Englishalway
  13. English todayalwayness

From alway + -ness.

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