productiveness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Late Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Late Latin dūcō

Late Latin prōdūcō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Late Latin -īvus

Late Latin prōductīvusbor.

English productive

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 productiveness

From productive + -ness.

Noun

productiveness (uncountable)

1. The state of being productive.

   Synonym: productivity

Derived terms

• nonproductiveness

Translations

state of being productive — see productivity

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “productiveness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.