valuableness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English valuable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English valuableness From valuable + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) valuability
And then our valuableness, strictly speaking, arises from the practice of moral duties, and not from the way and means by which we are led on, or invited to the practice of them.
1743, Thomas Chubb, A collection of tracts on various subjects (volume 2, part 2, page 47)