Etymology

belongingness

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

English belonging ← Middle English belongen ← Old English langian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbe-
  10. Proto-Germanic*langōną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*langōn
  12. Old Englishlangian
  13. Middle Englishlongen
  14. Middle Englishbelongen
  15. Englishbelong
  16. Englishbelonging
  17. English todaybelongingness

From belonging + -ness.

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