Italian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier Italian -itade ~ -itate, from Latin -itātem.[1]

Suffix edit

-ità f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)

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

Usage notes edit

  • All are feminine and invariant.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 101

Anagrams edit