suchness

The story

1. Sanskrit · calque ofतथाता
2. Old English · inherited fromswilċnes“quality”
3. Middle English · inherited fromswichnesse“the quality or nature of a thing”
4. English todaysuchness

From English dialect, from Middle English swichnesse (“the quality or nature of a thing”), from Old English swilċnes (“quality”), equivalent to such + -ness. Reinforced also as a calque of Sanskrit तथाता (tathātā).

Words from the same roots