Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faithlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
faith-less-ness
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being faithless.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English faithless 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 faithlessness From faithless + -ness.

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Questions

What does faithlessness mean?
The quality of being faithless.
Where does faithlessness come from?
Etymology tree English faithless 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 faithlessness From faithless + -ness.

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