English
fickleness
Fickleness comes from Middle English fikelnesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fikelnesse
- Englishtodayfickleness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fikelnesse
- Englishtodayfickleness
Formed from fickle + -ness
Proto-Germanic *fikōną ‘to deceive’
Proto-West Germanic *fikōn
Old English fician ‘to deceive, trick’
Old English ficol ‘fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful’
Middle English fikil
English fickle
Every English word from Middle English fikelnesse
Today it means
noun The quality of being fickle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fikelnesse / fickleness