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-ity

American  

  1. a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state, condition, or quality: jollity; civility; Latinity; variability.

-ity British  

suffix

  1. indicating state or condition

    technicality
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Etymology

Origin of -ity

Variant of -itie, Middle English -ite < Old French < Latin -itāt- (stem of -itās ); in many words representing Latin -itās directly

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