Etymology

sightlessness

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Today it means: the characteristic of being sightless; blindness Full definition →

English sightless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sehwaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*sehwan
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sihti
  5. Old Englishsihþ
  6. Middle Englishsighte
  7. Englishsight
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. Englishsightless
  13. English todaysightlessness

From sightless + -ness.

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