courtliness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English courtly

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 courtliness

From courtly + -ness.

Noun

courtliness (usually uncountable, plural courtlinesses)

1. The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.

Antonyms

• uncourtliness

Translations

the quality of being courtly

• French:

  Old French: pruësce f, noblesce f, deboneireté f

• Irish: cúirtiúlacht f
• Italian: cortigianeria f
• Romanian: curtoazie (ro) f, curtenie (ro) f

Anagrams

• uncloisters