English
heinousness
From heinous + -ness.
A compound of heinous + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d-
Frankish *hattjan
Old French haïr ‘to hate’
Anglo-Norman hainous
Middle English heynous ‘Heinous, reprehensible’
English heinous
Today it means
noun The property of being heinous.
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Etymograph / heinousness