Etymograph

English

abandonness

From abandon + -ness.

Formed from abandon + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

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Late Latin bannum ‘proclamation’

Old French bandon ‘jurisdiction, control’

Old French abandoner ‘to abandon’

Middle English abandounen

English abandon

Today it means

noun The state, quality, or condition of abandon; abandonment

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abandonness