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-itāte
English
Etymology
From en la -itāt-, past participial stem of la -itō. On the model of e.g. en la-cla nōbilitō and found in borrowings e.g. en premeditate, en debilitate, en agitate.suffix 3502013390
Suffix
en very rare Forming verbs, typically implying intense or repetitive activity.
en 1635 w:Luke Foxe The Probability Luke Foxe; Thomas James Miller Christy The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-West Passage, in 1631-32;with Narratives of the Earlier North-West Voyages of Frobisher, Davis, Weymouth, Hall, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge, and Others. Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, by Miller Christy, F.L.S. In Two Volumes. II London Printed for the Hakluyt Society,4, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C. 1894 427–428 https://archive.org/details/cihm_11871/page/n185/mode/1up 220339100 [A]fter that the land doth trent Westward, as may be suspected by the want of ice, that the land, being farre remote to the North or West, the Sea doth keepe it selfe from frigitating by its continuall chafing and adjectating, as we see by the iles of Farre, Shetland, and Orkney, standing in and neere the same parallell with our frozen Fretum Hudson, where no Snow will lie for any time in Winter. A nonce word meaning freezing, formed from la frīgus cold.frigitate v 4443970007
Derived terms
en
References
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from ia la -itās. Compare ia -tate from the same source.
Pronunciation
ia [iˈta.te]
Suffix
ia suffix
ia -tate, giving a quality or characteristic of an adjective; -ity
Usage notes
Forms nouns from adjectives and sometimes other nouns. Examples include:
ia fraternitate brotherhood, fraternity
ia libertate liberty
ia sexualitate sexuality
Derived terms
ia
Latin
Suffix
la suffix form -itāte
la -itās abl s
Romanian
Alternative forms
ro -tate -ătate
Etymology
ro :lbor la:-itātem<ety:from<-itās>> :influence fr:-ité 1
ro la -itātem. This particular form of the suffix is used in neologisms, and based on ro fr -ité. The inherited form ro -ătate 1 is found in older words.
Pronunciation
ro [iˈta.te]
Suffix
ro suffix f plural -ități
-ity
Usage notes
Forms nouns from adjectives and sometimes other nouns. Examples include:
ro fraternitate brotherhood, fraternity
ro libertate liberty
ro sexualitate sexuality
Declension
-i
Derived terms
ro