Etymology

doneness

D2O1N1E1N1E1S1S1

Today it means: The extent to which a food has been cooked. Full definition →

English done ← Middle English don ← Old English dōn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  5. Proto-Germanic*dōną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*dōn
  7. Old Englishdōn
  8. Middle Englishdon
  9. Englishdone
  10. English todaydoneness

From done + -ness.

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