rancidness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ranceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin ranciduslbor.

English rancid

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 rancidness

From rancid + -ness.

Noun

rancidness (plural rancidnesses)

1. The characteristic of being rancid.

Translations

the characteristic of being rancid

• German: Ranzigkeit f
• Italian: rancidezza f, rancidità f
• Spanish: rancidez f
• Walloon: rançté (wa) f