Etymology

handedness

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Today it means: A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other. Full definition →

English handed ← Middle English hond ← Old English hand
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. Englishhanded
  7. English todayhandedness

From handed + -ness.

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