English

formerness

From former + -ness.

Formed from former + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *pr- ‘before’

Proto-Germanic *frumô

Old English forma ‘first’

Middle English forme ‘first’

Middle English former

Today it means

noun Quality of being former, or belonging to the past.

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Etymograph / formerness