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distinctiveness
- /dɪsˈtɪŋ(k)tɪvnɪs/ UK
Where it comes from
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English distinctive
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English distinctiveness
From distinctive + -ness.
noun distinctivenesses
- The quality of being distinctive, individual or discrete.
- Something which distinguishes something from anything else.
