commoditas

Latin

Etymology

commodus (“suitable; convenient; opportune, timely”) +‎ -tas

Noun

commoditās f (genitive commoditātis); third declension

1. timeliness
2. fitness, aptness
3. convenience
4. advantage, utility

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	commoditās	commoditātēs
Genitive	commoditātis	commoditātum
Dative	commoditātī	commoditātibus
Accusative	commoditātem	commoditātēs
Ablative	commoditāte	commoditātibus
Vocative	commoditās	commoditātēs

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: commoditee
  • → Middle English: commoditee
    • English: commodity
• → French: commodité
• → German: Kommodität
• Portuguese: comodidade
• Spanish: comodidad

References

• commoditas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• commoditas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• commoditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • comfor: vitae commoditas iucunditasque
    
• commoditas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016