feistiness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English feisty

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

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 feistiness

From feisty + -ness.

Noun

feistiness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being feisty.
   • 2006, Michael G. Fitzgerald, Boyd Magers, Ladies of the Western:

     They didn't think she had the feistiness the part required.

   • 2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The feistiness off the pitch translated on to it too - referee Kateryna Monzul awarded two early yellow cards for innocuous fouls by England, and the crowd were frustrated for much of the first half when decisions didn't go their way.