devoutness

Questions

What does devoutness mean?

The state or quality of being devout; religiosity.

Where does devoutness come from?

Etymology tree Latin dēvoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor. Old French devotbor. Middle English devout English devout 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 devoutness From devout + -ness.

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