Suddenness
/ˈsʌd.ən.nəs/noun
The quality or state of happening unexpectedly or without warning.
Did you know?“Sudden” entered English through Old French, but its deeper ancestry is debated; scholars usually connect it to Latin or Romance forms meaning “all at once,” not any occult spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sol-
“to leap, jump, or rush”
Latin
Latin
subitāneus
“sudden, coming unexpectedly”
Old French
OF
soudain
“sudden, immediate”
Middle English
ME
sodain / sodein
“sudden”
Modern English
English
suddenness
“the state or quality of being sudden”