Etymology

comeliness

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Today it means: Quality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness. Full definition →

English comely ← Middle English comli ← Old English cȳmlīċ
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  1. Proto-Germanic*kūmijaz
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Proto-Germanic*kūmijalīkaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kūmijalīk
  6. Old Englishcȳmlīċ
  7. Middle Englishcomli
  8. Englishcomely
  9. English todaycomeliness

From comely + -ness (“the quality of being”).

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