Leanness
/ˈliːn.nəs/noun
The quality of being thin or having little fat, substance, or excess.
Did you know?Leanness comes from Old English *hlǣnnes*, built from *hlǣne* (“lean, thin”), a Germanic word family tied to the idea of something reduced, bare, and lacking fullness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*khlainiz / *hlainaz
“Lean, thin, slender”
Old English
OE
hlǣne
“Lean, thin, meager”
Old English
OE
hlǣnnes
“Leanness; thinness; meagerness”
Middle English
ME
lennes / leannes
“Leanness, thinness”
Modern English
English
leanness
“The quality of being thin or having little fat or excess”