Etymology

wholeness

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Today it means: The quality of being whole. Full definition →

Middle English holnesse ← Old English hālnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromhālnes“wholeness”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromholnesse
  3. English todaywholeness

From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness.

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