Etymology

deepness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically) Full definition →

Middle English depnesse ← Old English dēopnes ← Proto-West Germanic *deupnassī
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*deupnassī
  2. Old English · inherited fromdēopnes“deepness; depth; an abyss”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdepnesse
  4. English todaydeepness

From Middle English depnesse, from Old English dēopnes (“deepness; depth; an abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *deupnassī, equivalent to deep + -ness. Cognate with German Low German Deepnis (“deepness, depth”).

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