Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From earlier -itate, from Latin -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare Old Italian -itude > modern -Italian -itù.

Suffix edit

-itade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itadi)

  1. (Old Italian) used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness