boundlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Germanic *būaną
Old Norse búinnbor.
Middle English bownde
English bound
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English boundless
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 boundlessness

    From boundless + -ness.

    Noun

    boundlessness (usually uncountable, plural boundlessnesses)

    1. The property of being boundless, of being without limits or ends.
      The boundlessness of the night sky mocks our sense of scale.

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