# netherness

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being nether or beneath; lowness; inferiority.
2. Deepness; depth; abyss.

## Etymology
From Middle English nethernesse, from Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position”), from Proto-West Germanic *niþernassī, equivalent to nether + -ness. Cognate with Old High German nidarnassi, nidarnessi (“damnation”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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