temporariness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English temporary

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 temporariness

From temporary + -ness.

Noun

temporariness (usually uncountable, plural temporarinesses)

1. The characteristic of being temporary.

   Synonyms: impermanence, ephemerality, transience; see also Thesaurus:transience

   Near-synonym: temporality

Translations

Translations

• Russian: вре́менность (ru) f (vrémennostʹ)
• Spanish: transitoriedad f, temporaneidad f, temporariedad f