English
instrumentalness
From instrumental + -ness.
A compound of instrumental + -ness
Latin īnstrūmentum ‘an instrument, tool, utensil’
Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis
Middle English instrumental ‘Resembling an instrument in role’
English instrumental
Today it means
noun Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / instrumentalness