Where does “nudity” come from?

Nudity derives from French nudité, from Latin nuditas, from Proto-Indo-European -it-, a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.

nudity (English): The state or quality of being without clothing on...

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being without clothing on...

Ancestry of “nudity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnudeWithout clothing or other covering of the skin;...
2Latinnūdusunclothed, nude, naked
3Proto-Italicnogʷedosnaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷedós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “nudity”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷedós →Every word from Proto-Italic nogʷedos →