Where does “fictivity” come from?

fictivity (English) comes from English fictive, from Middle French fictif.

fictivity (English): The state or condition of being fictive

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being fictive

Ancestry of “fictivity”, step by step

fictivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fictive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfictiveHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional;...
2Middle Frenchfictif—

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Middle French fictif →