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-ities
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English
Suffix
en suffix form
en -ity
Latin
Etymology
la -itiēs :blend -itia -iēs<id:noun> + 1
Pronunciation
-itiēs
Suffix
-itiēs<5>
la -iēs
Declension
-itiēs<5>
Note: plural forms are mostly unattested in Classical Latin for words formed with this suffix.
Derived terms
la
Descendants
Inherited:
ast -ez
roa-opt -ece -ice
pt -ice
ro -ețe
scn -izzi
es -ez
pt -ez 1
Borrowed:
pt -ície 1
ro -iție 1
es -icie 1
References
Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.