Etymology

bliss

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Today it means: Perfect happiness. Full definition →

Middle English bliss ← Old English bliss ← Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*blīþisi“joy, goodness, kindness”
  2. Old English · inherited frombliss
  3. Middle English · inherited frombliss
  4. English todaybliss

From Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, variant of earlier blīds, blīþs (“joy, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīþisi (“joy, goodness, kindness”).

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