Where does “fetidity” come from?
fetidity (English) comes from English fetid, from French fétide, from Latin foetidus, from Latin fētidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
fetidity (English): The quality of being fetid
Definitions
- The quality of being fetid
Ancestry of “fetidity”, step by step
fetidity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fetid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | fetid | Foul-smelling, stinking; The foul-smelling... |
| 2 | French | fétide | fetid, foetid, foul; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | foetidus | Alternative form of fētidus; foul-smelling;... |
| 4 | Latin | fētidus | bad-smelling, foul, stinking |
| 5 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English ity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ity | — |
| 2 | Ingrian | -u | Used to form nouns from verbs |