The quality or state of being anxious; the condition of feeling worried, nervous, or uneasy.
From 'anxious' (from Latin 'anxius,' meaning troubled or uneasy) + '-ness' suffix (forming abstract nouns describing qualities); describes the general state of anxiety.
English speakers can say 'anxiety' (from Latin) or 'anxiousness' (Germanic '-ness' suffix) for nearly the same feeling—showing how we inherited emotional vocabulary from two different language families.
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