Inside the Universes

'backwardness'

[retardation.n.04] as in: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

Origins

					backwardness (English)
├── -ness (English)
└── backward (English)
    └── abakward (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
        ├── -ward (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
        └── back (Old English (ca. 450-1100))