English
aboutness
From about + -ness.
A compound of about + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards’
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Proto-West Germanic *biūtan ‘outside’
Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan
Old English onbūtan ‘about, around’
Middle English aboute ‘around’
English about
Today it means
noun The relevance of a text to its reader.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aboutness