Etymograph

English

agedness

Agedness comes from Middle English agednes.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500agednes
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1856agedness

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500agednes
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1856agedness

Earliest quotation: 1856, John Ruskin, London: Smith: “I cannot tell the half of the strange pleasures…”

Formed from aged + -ness

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being aged.

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

Etymograph / Middle English agednes / agedness