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-ity

a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition: jollity; civility; Latinity.

Origin:
var. of -itie, ME -ite < OF < L -itāt- (s. of -itās); in many words repr. L -itās directly
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suff.  State; quality: abnormality.

[Middle English -itie, from Old French -ite, from Latin -itās, variant of -tās, -ty.]
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