Etymograph

English

goriness

From gory + -ness.

A compound of gory + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Germanic *gurą ‘half-digested stomach contents’

Proto-West Germanic *gor

Old English gor ‘dirt, dung’

Old English gyr ‘filthy, muddy’

English gory

Today it means

noun The state of being gory.

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

Etymograph / goriness