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celerity

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ce⋅ler⋅i⋅ty

  [suh-ler-i-tee]
–noun
swiftness; speed.
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Origin:
1480–90; earlier celerite < MF < L celeritās, equiv. to celer swift + -itās -ity

Synonyms:
alacrity, dispatch, briskness. See speed.
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ce·ler·i·ty   (sə-lěr'ĭ-tē)   
n.  Swiftness of action or motion; speed. See Synonyms at haste.

[French célérité, from Old French, from Latin celeritās, from celer, swift.]
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Word Origin & History

celerity 
1483, from M.Fr. célérité, from L. celeritatem (nom. celeritas), from celer "swift," from PIE base *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cf. Skt. carati "goes," Gk. keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lith. sulys "a gallop," O.H.G. scelo "stallion").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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