-itude

English

Alternative forms

• -tude

Etymology

From Latin -tūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), via French -itude

Suffix

-itude

1. state of

Usage notes

• Most words ending in "-itude" (or "-tude") are derived from Latin words ending in "-tudo" or French words ending in "-tude", not by suffixation in Modern English.
• Some words have been formed in Modern English, eg, adaptitude, perfectitude.

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -itude

terms derived using -itude

altitude amplitude aptitude attitude beatitude certitude correctitude decrepitude definitude dissimilitude

exactitude finitude fortitude gratitude habitude inaptitude incertitude ineptitude inexactitude infinitude

ingratitude lassitude latitude longitude magnitude multitude negritude platitude plenitude pulchritude

rectitude senectitude servitude similitude solicitude solitude turpitude vastitude verisimilitude vicissitude

Translations

suffix

• French: -itude (fr)
• German: -tude (de), -itüde (de)
• Italian: -itudine (it)
• Latin: -itudo (la)

• Polish: -ituda (pl) f, -ość (pl) f
• Portuguese: -itude (pt)
• Romanian: -itudine (ro)
• Spanish: -itud (es) f

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ityd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -itudo. Cognate to French -tume, which is not borrowed from Latin but inherited from Latin.

Suffix

-itude

1. -itude

Derived terms

[+] French words suffixed with -itude