Etymology

evenness

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Today it means: Flatness, smoothness; the quality of being flat or level. Full definition →

Middle English evennesse ← Old English efennes ← Proto-West Germanic *ebnassī
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)ém-no-
  2. Proto-Germanic*ebnaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*ebnassuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*ebnassī
  5. Old Englishefennes
  6. Middle Englishevennesse
  7. English todayevenness

Inherited from Middle English evennesse, from Old English efennes, from Proto-West Germanic *ebnassī, from Proto-Germanic *ebnassuz, from *ebnaz (“even”) + *-assuz (“-ness”). By surface analysis, even (“flat”) + -ness.

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