Etymology

swiftness

swift·ness
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Today it means: The state of being swift. Full definition →

Middle English swiftnesse ← Old English swiftnes
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromswiftnes“swiftness”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromswiftnesse
  3. English todayswiftness

From Middle English swiftnesse, swyftnesse, from Old English swiftnes (“swiftness”), equivalent to swift + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.