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darkness

dark·ness

Today it means: The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. Full definition →

Middle English derknesse ← Old English deorcnes

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Old English · inherited fromdeorcnes
Middle English · inherited fromderknesse
English todaydarkness

From Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnes; equivalent to dark + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.