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uncertainty

Today it means: Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. Full definition →

Middle English uncerteynte

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Middle English · inherited fromuncerteynte
English todayuncertainty

From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.