-acity
Word Origin
1
a complex noun suffix meaning “quality of” or “abounding in the characteristic of,” appearing in loanwords from Latin:
tenacity.
Origin
Middle English -acite ≪ Latin -ācitāt- (stem of -ācitās). See -acious, -ity
Related Word
- -acious
-acitya suffix of nouns denoting quality or a state of being, and the like.
[French -acité, from Latin -ācitas, or directly from Latin]-acity
suffix
- forming nouns of quality or state corresponding to adjectives ending in -acious (such as audacity corresponding to audacious)［构成以-acious 结尾的形容词的相应名词, 表示性质与状态, 如audacity 与audacious 相对应］表示“…性”。
词源
from French -acité or Latin -acitas.
ORIGIN: French -acité or its source Latin -acitas , -tatis : see -acious -ty 1
-acity
Suffix
- having the quality of
- abounding in
Etymology
From the Latin -acitas.
Derived terms
Category English words suffixed with -acity not found
后缀：-acity [名词后缀]
构成抽象名词，表示性质、状态、情况、与形容词后缀-acious相对应
rapacity 掠夺
vivacity 活泼，有生气
sagacity 聪明，贤明
veracity 诚实，真实
capacity 容量
audacity 大胆
laoqucity 多言，健谈
edacity 贪吃
sequacity 盲从
词根词缀：-acity
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; quality of
【相关描述】A suffix that forms nouns of quality or state. There are hundreds of other -acity suffixes; however, the following will present significant examples.
【同源单词】audacity, bellacity, bibacity, capacity, carnivoracity, contumacity