Etymology

instantaneousness

Today it means: condition of being instantaneous Full definition →

English instantaneous ← New Latin īnstāntāneus ← Latin īnstantem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*énu
  2. Latinin-
  3. Latinstō
  4. Latinīnstō
  5. Latinīnstantem
  6. New Latinīnstāntāneus
  7. Englishinstantaneous
  8. English todayinstantaneousness

From instantaneous + -ness.

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