Etymology

genuineness

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Today it means: The quality of being genuine; authenticity. Full definition →

English genuine ← Latin genuīnus ← Proto-Italic *genos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  3. Proto-Italic*genos
  4. Latingenus
  5. Latingenuīnus
  6. Englishgenuine
  7. English todaygenuineness

From genuine + -ness.

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