fairness

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromfæġernes“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”
2. Middle English · inherited fromfairness
3. English todayfairness

From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).