friendliness
/ˈfɹendlinɪs/FREND-lee-nis
/ˈfɹɛndlinɪs/FREND-lee-nis
Meaningthe quality of being friendly
Common meaning: warmth and kindness
- friendlovingSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 220 · scan
- liadverb ending: in a way
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*pri-‘love’source
- Old Englishfrēond‘friend’source
- Middle Englishfreondsource
- Middle Englishfrendsource
- Englishfriend‘a person you know well and like’
- Englishformed in English from friendfriendly‘kind and pleasant’
- Englishformed in English from friendlyfriendliness‘warmth and kindness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from friendly + -ness.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FRIEND, p.220 · scan
Source words
- frēond Old English · source word “loving”
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