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celerity

[ suh-ler-i-tee ]
/ səˈlɛr ɪ ti /
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noun

swiftness; speed.

RELATED WORDS

hustle, velocity, expedition, fleetness, alacrity, dispatch, gait, quickness, haste, speediness, hurry, speed, swiftness, rapidity, promptness, briskness, legerity, vivacity

Nearby words

celebration, celebratory, celebrity, celebutante, celeriac, celerity, celery, celery cabbage, celery pine, celery salt, celesta

Origin of celerity

1480–90; earlier celerite < Middle French < Latin celeritās, equivalent to celer swift + -itās -ity
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celerity

/ (sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ) /

noun

rapidity; swiftness; speed

Word Origin for celerity

C15: from Old French celerite, from Latin celeritās, from celer swift
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Word Origin and History for celerity

celerity

n.

late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas) "swiftness," from celer "swift," from possible PIE root *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cf. Sanskrit carati "goes," Greek keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lithuanian sulys "a gallop," Old High German scelo "stallion").

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