Etymology

carefulness

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Today it means: The state of being careful. Full definition →

Middle English [Term?] ← Old English carfulnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromcarfulnes“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”
  2. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
  3. English todaycarefulness

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.

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