gregariousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gregarious

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 gregariousness

From gregarious + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs.nəs/

Noun

gregariousness (uncountable)

1. The state of being gregarious.

Related terms

• aggregation
• gregarization

Translations

state of being gregarious

• Catalan: gregarisme m
• French: sociabilité (fr) f, grégarisme (fr) m
• Russian: стадное чу́вство (stadnoje čúvstvo)
• Spanish: gregarismo (es) m