English
fainness
From fain + -ness.
Formed from fain + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘joyful’
Proto-Germanic *faganaz ‘glad’
Proto-West Germanic *fagan ‘glad’
Old English fægen ‘happy, joyful, fain’
Middle English fain ‘enjoyable, pleasing’
English fain
Today it means
noun The property of being fain; joy; gladness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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