Etymology

wetness

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Today it means: The condition of being wet. Full definition →

Middle English wetnes ← Old English wǣtnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwǣtnes“moisture, wetness”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwetnes
  3. English todaywetness

From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.

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