Etymology

aridness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being arid. Full definition →

English arid ← Latin āridus ← French aride
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The story

  1. Frencharide
  2. Latināridus
  3. Englisharid
  4. English todayaridness

From arid + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.