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oneness

noun

In Latin: ūnitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about oneness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The quality of being united into one.

Origin

From Middle English oonnesse, onnesse, from Old English ānnes (“oneness, unity, agreement, covenant, solitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainnassī (“oneness”), equivalent to one + -ness. Cognate with Old High German einnissī, einnissa (“unity, oneness”).

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