the -sa nominalization of 優しい (yasashii, “tender, kind”): kindness, tenderness (as an objective degree or amount)
köken: As a surface analysis, a compound of 優しい (yasashii, “kind, tender”) + さ (sa, noun-forming suffix used with adjectives to express objective degree or amount).
The good quality of something; goodness, excellence. · Kindness, friendliness, benevolence, benignity, affability; tenderness. · Good, honest or friendly conduct; virtue, integrity, blamelessness.
çekim: çoğul bonitātēs · tamlayan bonitātis
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin bonitās From bonus (“good, honest, kind”) + -tās.
From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin bonitātem, from Latin bonus. Compare Portuguese bondade, Spanish bondad.