Etymology

kindness

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Today it means: The state of being kind. Full definition →

Middle English kyndenesse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromkyndenesse
  2. English todaykindness

From Middle English kyndenesse, equivalent to kind + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.