English
gallowsness
From gallows + -ness.
Formed from gallows + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-
Proto-Germanic *galgô ‘a gallows, gibbet’
Proto-West Germanic *galgō
Old English galga
Middle English galwes
English gallows
Today it means
noun recklessness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gallowsness