Where does “futurity” come from?
Futurity comes from English future plus the suffix -ity, from French -ité, from Latin -itas meaning state or condition, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi meaning to be.
futurity (English): The future; The state of being in the future; A...
Definitions
- The future; The state of being in the future; A...
Ancestry of “futurity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 4 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |