Etymograph

English

rigorousness

Rigorousness comes from Middle English rigoresnes.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rigoresnes1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020rigorousness1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rigorousness
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary: “Not the first nor the best and certainly not…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rigoresnesWiktionary, English rigorousness
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020rigorousnessWiktionary, English rigorousness. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary: “Not the first nor the best and certainly not…”

Formed from rigorous + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-

Late Latin rigōrōsus

Anglo-Norman rigoreus

Middle English rigorous

English rigorous

Every English word from Middle English rigoresnes

Today it means

noun The property of being rigorous, strictness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rigorousness”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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