unevenness

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nos

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ém-no-der.

Proto-Germanic *ebnaz

Proto-West Germanic *ebn

Proto-West Germanic *unebn

Old English unefen

Middle English uneven

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-der.

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

Middle English unevennesse

English unevenness

unevenness (countable and uncountable, plural unevennesses)

(uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
(countable) The result or product of being uneven.
A rough or uneven thing.
- 1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis:
  His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.

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