English
relativeness
From relative + -ness.
Formed from relative + -ness
Latin lātus ‘borne, carried’
Latin relātus ‘carried back; related’
Late Latin relātīvus ‘relative’
Middle French relatif ‘relative’
English relative
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being relative; relativity.
Sources
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