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-ity

noun suffix

plural -ities : quality : state : degree alkalinity theatricality

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Middle French -ité, from Latin -itat-, -itas, from -i- (stem vowel of adjectives) + -tat-, -tas -ity; akin to Greek -tēt-, -tēs -ity

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-ity

noun suffix -i·​ty ət-ē plural -ities : quality : state : degree alkalinity Etymology

derived from Latin -itat-, -itas "quality, state"

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