fairness
English
noun
Definitions
- The property of being fair or equitable.
- The property of being fair or beautiful.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fairness inherited from Old English fæġernes (pleasantness, fairness, beauty) suffix from English fair.
Origin
English
fair
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fairbank English
- Fairbanks English
- Mayfair English
- fair English
- fair-goer English
- fair-handed English
- fair-minded English
- fairdom English
- fairest English
- fairgoer English
- fairground English
- fairgrounds English
- fairhanded English
- fairheaded English
- fairhood English
- fairish English
- fairlead English
- fairleader English
- fairlike English
- fairling English
- fairly English
- fairmaid English
- fairminded English
- fairsome English
- fairwater English
- fairway English
- funfair English
- hyperfair English
- unfair English
- Fairness German
- fair German
- fair Hungarian
- fair Polish
- fæġer Old English
- fæġernes Old English
- fairness Middle English
- fayr Middle English
- fér Czech
- fer Serbo-Croatian