-ità

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier Italian -itade ~ -itate, from Latin -itātem.[1]

Suffix[edit]

-ità f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)

  1. used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness

Usage notes[edit]

  • All are feminine and invariant.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 101

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