English
secondariness
From secondary + -ness.
Formed from secondary + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Italic *sekʷondo-
Latin secundus ‘following; second’
Latin secundārius ‘of the second class or quality’
Middle English secundarie ‘secondary’
English secondary
Today it means
noun The state of being secondary.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “secondariness”. 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.
Etymograph / secondariness