English
furtiveness
From furtive + -ness.
A compound of furtive + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin fūrtum ‘theft’
Latin fūrtīvus ‘clandestine, furtive, secret’
Middle French furtif
Middle English *furtyve
English furtive
Today it means
noun The quality of being furtive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / furtiveness