Meaning

noun remaining in place

noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

noun the quality of being fixed and unchangeable

originEtymology tree English fixed 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 fixedness From fixed + -ness.

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