infirmité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French infirmité, borrowed from Latin īnfirmitātem. By surface analysis, infirme +‎ -ité. See also fermeté, and the Old French forms anfermeté, enferté, which were subsequently learnedly modified to be closer to the Latin form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

infirmité f (plural infirmités)

1. disability, impairment
2. infirmity

Derived terms

• infirmité motrice cérébrale

Further reading

• “infirmité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infirmitas.

Noun

infirmité f (plural infirmitez)

1. infirmity; disease or other medical condition

Descendants

• French: infirmité