Etymology

sadness

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Today it means: The state or emotion of being sad. Full definition →

Middle English sadnesse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsadnesse
  2. English todaysadness

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.