-itāte

-itate Latvian Etymology Ultimately from lv la -itatem, the accusative of la -itas; found only in words borrowed from other languages (compare en -ity, de -ität, fr -ité, it -ità, es -idad, pt -idade, ro -itate). Suffix Usually added to foreign adjectives to form abstract nouns, like en -ity (sometimes with more concrete meanings: e.g., lv universitāte). Derived terms lv lv suffixes of foreign origin