## AI Etymology
Slightness comes from slight (from Old Norse slettr 'smooth, flat, slight') plus the native noun suffix -ness. The historical chain includes Old Norse slettr. Older glosses in the chain include "smooth, flat, slight", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, slightness is best read as suffixal formation and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the quality of being small, slender, or insignificant". related forms include slight and slightly. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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