-ity
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- State; quality:
状态；特性：
abnormality.
反常，变态
语源
- Middle English -itie
中古英语 -itie - from Old French -ite
源自 古法语 -ite - from Latin -itās
源自 拉丁语 -itās - variant of -tās [-ty]
-tās的变体 [名词后缀，表示“性质，状态，程度”等意]
-ity
suffix forming nouns
indicating state or condition
⇒
technicality
Origin
from Old French -ite, from Latin -itās-ity
Word Origin
1
a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition:
jollity; civility; Latinity.
Origin
variant of -itie, Middle English -ite < Old French < Latin -itāt- (stem of -itās); in many words representing Latin -itās directly
Related Words
- -ility
- -ability
- -acity
- abnormality
- abnormity
- absorptivity
-itya suffix forming abstract nouns of condition, characteristics, etc., as in jollity, civility, Latinity.
[Middle English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -itāt-, stem of -itas]-ity
noun suffix
(plural -ities)
alkalinity
theatricality
noun suffix
(plural -ities)
ETYMOLOGY Middle French -ité, from Latin -itat-, -itas, from -i- (stem vowel of adjs.) + -tat-, -tas -ity; akin to Greek -tēt-, -tēs -ity
: quality : state : degreealkalinity
theatricality
-ity
suffix
- forming nouns denoting quality or condition［构成名词］表示“特性”, “特点”, “状态”：
-
humility
probity.
- ■ denoting an instance or degree of this表示“实例”, “程度”：
-
a profanity.
词源
from French -ité, from Latin -itas, -itatis.
-ity
suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives, meaning "condition or quality of being ______," from Middle English -ite, from Old French -ité and directly from Latin -itatem (nominative -itas), suffix denoting state or condition, composed of connective -i- + -tas (see -ty(2)).
Roughly, the word in -ity usually means the quality of being what the adjective describes, or concretely an instance of the quality, or collectively all the instances; & the word in -ism means the disposition, or collectively all those who feel it. [Fowler]
☞ -ity, ty
ORIGIN: from or after Old French & Modern French -ité from Latin -itas , -itatis . Cf. -ty 1
-ity
suffix forming nouns from adjectives. the condition, quality, or fact of being _____: Timidity = the condition of being timid. Sincerity = the condition or quality of being sincere. Also, -ty.
[< Old French -ite < Latin -itās]
-i·ty
\əd.ē, ətē, -i; when s, less often when r, precedes, the first vowel is sometimes lost, as in kəˈpastē for “capacity”\ noun suffix
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English -ite, from Old French or Latin; Old French -ité, from Latin -itat-, -itas, from -i- (thematic or, rarely, connective vowel) + -tat-, -tas -ty
: quality : state : degree
< asininity >
< theatricality >
< asininity >
< theatricality >
-ity-ty ⠰⠽
Suffix
- Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
- Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
Etymology
Borrowing from French -ité, from Middle French -ité, from Old French -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-it- (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Old English -þo, -þu, -þ (“-th”). More at -th.
Usage notes
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ity
Related terms
Synonyms
后缀：-ity [名词后缀]
构成抽象名词，表示性质、情况、状态及其他，与-ty同
speciality 特性，特长
humanity 人性，人类
equality 平等，均等
reality 现实，真实
futurity 将来，未来
modernity 现代性
mutuality 相互关系
perplexity 困惑
fluidity 流动性
familiarity 熟悉，通晓
popularity 通俗，平易
complexity 复杂性
generality 一般（性）
extremity 极端，极度
fixity 固定性
immensity 广大，巨大，无限
词根词缀：-ity
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective
【同源单词】abnormality, absorbability, acclivity, acerbity, acridity, acrity