Etymology

neighborliness

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Today it means: The characteristic of being neighborly. Full definition →

English neighborly ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Englishneighbor
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishneighborly
  5. English todayneighborliness

From neighborly + -ness.

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