-itade

Italian Alternative forms it -itate Etymology From earlier it -itate, from it la -itas -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to it -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare roa-oit -itude > modern -it -itù. Compare it soccida for a different output. Suffix f it roa-oit used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness it terms with voicing of Latin /-p t k-/