Etymology

deathliness

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

Middle English dethliknesse ← Old English dēaþlīcnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromdēaþlīcnes
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdethliknesse
  3. English todaydeathliness

From Middle English dethliknesse, from Old English dēaþlīcnes, equivalent to deathly + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.