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Where does “emacity” come from?

emacity (English) comes from Latin emacitas, from Latin emax, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

emacity (English): Desire or fondness for buying

Definitions

  1. Desire or fondness for buying

Ancestry of “emacity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinemacitasA desire to buy things
2Latinemaxfond of buying
3Latin-āx—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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