Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being emotional.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishemotional
- Englishemotionalness
From emotional + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
emotionalness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalness
“emotionalness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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