devoutness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō

Latin voveō

Latin dēvoveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor.

Old French devotbor.

Middle English devout

English devout

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 devoutness

From devout + -ness.

Noun

devoutness (usually uncountable, plural devoutnesses)

1. The state or quality of being devout; religiosity.

Translations

state or quality of being devout

• Malayalam: ഭക്തി (ml) (bhakti)
• Scottish Gaelic: cràbhadh m