English
howness
From how + -ness.
Formed from how + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘interrogative root’
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Proto-Germanic *hwō ‘through what, how’
Proto-West Germanic *hwō
Old English hū ‘how’
Middle English how
English how
Today it means
noun The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / howness