-itas

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See also: itas and -itás

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.

Suffix

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-itas

  1. -ity

Usage notes

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The suffix displaced earlier forms of -itet, -iteit and -itit from Dutch -iteit, Dutch -teit.

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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First from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, i.e. -tās added to i-stems or o-stems, later used freely. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-itās f (genitive -itātis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of -tās
    amārus (bitter, pungent) + ‎-itas → ‎amāritās (bitterness)
    ūnus (one) + ‎-itas → ‎ūnitās (unity, oneness)
    cīvis (citizen) + ‎-itas → ‎cīvitās (citizenship)
    fidēlis (faithful) + ‎-itas → ‎fidēlitās (fidelity, faithfulness)
    trīni (three each) + ‎-itas → ‎trīnitās (trinity, threeness)
    vēlōx (swift, quick) + ‎-itas → ‎vēlōcitās (velocity, swiftness)
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -itās -itātēs
Genitive -itātis -itātum
Dative -itātī -itātibus
Accusative -itātem -itātēs
Ablative -itāte -itātibus
Vocative -itās -itātēs
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See -ītēs.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ītās

  1. accusative plural of -ītēs

Spanish

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Suffix

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-itas

  1. plural of -ita