Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Soreness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
"the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"
"after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.