ruddiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-der.

Old English rudu

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Old English rudiġ

Middle English rody

English ruddy

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 ruddiness

From ruddy + -ness.

Noun

ruddiness (usually uncountable, plural ruddinesses)

1. The property of being ruddy.

Related terms

• reddening
• redness

Anagrams

• dissunder