Etymology

mildness

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Today it means: The quality of being mild; gentleness. Full definition →

Middle English mildenesse ← Old English mildnes
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  1. Old English · inherited frommildnes
  2. Middle English · inherited frommildenesse
  3. English todaymildness

From Middle English mildenesse, from Old English mildnes, mildness, equivalent to mild + -ness. Cognate with Old High German miltnissa (“compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity”).

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