English
hugeness
Hugeness comes from Middle English huge ‘huge, large, enormous’, and goes back to Old French ahuge.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ahuge‘huge’earlier origin unknown
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500huge‘huge, large, enormous’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hugenesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hugeness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ahuge‘huge’earlier origin unknown
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500huge‘huge, large, enormous’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hugenesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hugeness
Earliest quotation: 1999, Sarah Waters, Affinity: “‘You little trollop, my husband took you in, on…”
Linked words
through Middle English huge ‘huge, large, enormous’
Today it means
noun the quality of being huge; immensity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French ahuge / hugeness