Etymology

otherness

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Today it means: The quality of being different or distinct. Full definition →

English other ← Middle English other ← Old English ōþer
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énteros
  3. Proto-Germanic*anþeraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anþar
  5. Old Englishōþer
  6. Middle Englishother
  7. Englishother
  8. English todayotherness

From other + -ness.

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