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-tude

 
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a suffix appearing in abstract nouns (generally formed from Latin adjectives or participles) of Latin origin (latitude; altitude); on this model, used in the formation of new nouns: platitude.
Origin:
< L -tūdō (> F -tude)
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-tude  
suff.  Condition, state, or quality: exactitude.

[French, from Old French, from Latin -tūdō, -tūdin-.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

-tude 
Latinate suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives and participles (corresponding to native -ness), from Fr. -tude, from L. -tudo (gen. -tudinis). As a word in its own right, teenager slang shortening of attitude, it dates from 1970s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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