adeptness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der.

Proto-Italic *apjō

Latin apiō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin apīscor

Latin adipīscor

Latin adeptusbor.

French adeptebor.

English adept

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 adeptness

From adept + -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

adeptness (usually uncountable, plural adeptnesses)

1. The quality of being adept.

Translations

The quality of being adept

• Dutch: bekwaamheid (nl)

Anagrams

• pedantess, depantses