English
hoarness
From hoar + -ness.
Formed from hoar + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘grey, dark’
Proto-Germanic *hairaz ‘grey’
Proto-West Germanic *hair ‘gray, gray-haired’
Old English hār ‘hoar, hoary, grey, old’
Middle English hor ‘Grey, greyish, grey-white’
English hoar
Today it means
noun The quality of being hoar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hoarness