English
loathsomeness
Loathsomeness comes from Middle English lothsomnesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lothsomnesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1577loathsomeness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lothsomnesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1577loathsomeness
Earliest quotation: 1577, Conradus Heresbachius [i.e., The Third Booke, of Feeding, Breeding, and Curing of Cattell: “For my part I would rather counſell you to…”
Formed from loathsome + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *h₂leytos ‘abhorrence, loath’
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Proto-West Germanic *laiþ ‘loathsome, detestable, hated’
Proto-West Germanic *laiþasam ‘painful, horrible, tiresome, hated’
Old English *lāþsum ‘ugly, detestable’
Middle English lothsum
English loathsome
Every English word from Middle English lothsomnesse
Today it means
noun The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lothsomnesse / loathsomeness