English
likeliness
Likeliness comes from Middle English liklinesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500liklinesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1727likeliness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500liklinesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1727likeliness
Earliest quotation: 1727, Robert South: “No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image…”
Every English word from Middle English liklinesse
Today it means
noun The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English liklinesse / likeliness