noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being early.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
earliness
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noun
Meaning 2
quality of coming early or earlier in time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: lateness
Broader terms: timing
Narrower terms: forwardness, priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h2éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English ǣrlīċe Middle English erly English early 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 earliness From early + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: aikaisuus — condition
- Greek: πρωιμότητα (proïmótita) — condition