English
thingness
From thing + -ness.
A compound of thing + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm
Proto-Germanic *þingą ‘appointed time’
Proto-West Germanic *þing ‘court session’
Old English þing
Middle English thing
English thing
Today it means
noun The quality of a material thing; objectivity; actuality; reality.
Sources
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Etymograph / thingness