English word sickness comes from Old English seocness
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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seocness | Old English (ang) | |
sickness | English (eng) | (linguistics) The analogical misuse of a rarer or marked grammatical case in the place of a more common or unmarked case.. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness. |