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 nogʷedósEvery word from Proto-Italic nogʷedos