English
lightsomeness
Lightsomeness comes from Middle English lightsomnesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lightsomnesse
- Englishtodaylightsomeness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lightsomnesse
- Englishtodaylightsomeness
Formed from lightsome ‘bright, radiant’ + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘light’
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Proto-West Germanic *leuht ‘light’
Old English lēoht ‘light, daylight’
Middle English light ‘the radiation which allows for vision by…’
Middle English lightsum ‘bright’
English lightsome
Every English word from Middle English lightsomnesse
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being lightsome (luminous); luminosity; illumination, brightness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lightsomnesse / lightsomeness