Etymology

threeness

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Today it means: The state of being three; triunity; trinity. Full definition →

Middle English *Threnesse ← Old English þrynnes
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threeness · noun1

From three + -ness. Compare Middle English þrinnesse, þrimnesse, þremnesse, þrumnesse (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”), Old English þrīnes, þrīnness (“trinity”, literally “three-ness”).

Threeness · proper noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromþrȳnes
  2. Old English · inherited fromþrynnes
  3. Middle English · inherited from*Threnesse
  4. English todayThreeness

From Middle English *Threnesse, Thrumnesse, Thrimnesse, from Old English þrynnes, þrinness, variants of Old English þrȳnes, þrīnes (“Trinity”), equivalent to three + -ness.

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