English
toolishness
From tool + -ish + -ness, influenced by foolishness.
Formed from tool + -ish + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to tie to, secure’
Proto-Germanic *tōlą ‘tool’
Old English tōl ‘tool’
Middle English tool ‘a tool’
English tool
The story
From tool + -ish + -ness, influenced by foolishness.
Today it means
noun The nature of being a tool.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “toolishness”. 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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