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abstractness

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahō
Latin abstrahō
Latin abstractusbor.
Middle English abstract
English abstract
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English abstractness

    From abstract + -ness.

    Pronunciation

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    • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹæk.nəs/, /æbˈstɹækt.nəs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

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    abstractness (countable and uncountable, plural abstractnesses)

    1. The quality of being abstract. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

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    Translations

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    References

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    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.
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