Etymology

farness

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Today it means: The state of being far off, or the degree to which something is far; distance, span; remoteness Full definition →

Middle English fernesse ← Old English feornes
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfeornes“farness, distance”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfernesse
  3. English todayfarness

From Middle English fernesse, from Old English feornes (“farness, distance”), equivalent to far + -ness.

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