English

goodliness

From goodly + -ness.

Formed from goodly + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to join’

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Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz ‘good, goodly’

Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk

Old English gōdlīċ ‘good, goodly’

Middle English goodly

Today it means

noun The condition of being goodly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / goodliness