abnormalness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-bor.

English ab-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor.

Etruscanbor.?

Latin norma

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin nōrmālisder.

English normal

English abnormal

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-der.

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 abnormalness

From abnormal + -ness.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈnɔɹ.ml̩.nəs/

Noun

abnormalness (uncountable)

The quality of being abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

abnormality — see abnormality

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormalness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abnormalness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

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