hopefulness

English

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder.

Old English tōhopa

Old English hopa

Middle English hope

English hope

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós

Proto-Germanic *fullaz

Proto-Germanic *-fullaz

Old English -ful

Middle English -ful

English -ful

English hopeful

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 hopefulness

From hopeful + -ness.

hopefulness (usually uncountable, plural hopefulnesses)

The property of being hopeful.
- 1997 April 13, Ken Kalfus, “The Disappeared”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  "In the Memory of the Forest" is remarkable for the acuity of its moral vision and the vivacity of its language; what makes it extraordinary is its persuasive hopefulness.

property of being hopeful