Where does “ovality” come from?

ovality (English) comes from English Oval, from Late Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovality (English): a measurement of deviation from circularity of an...

Definitions

  1. a measurement of deviation from circularity of an...

Ancestry of “ovality”, step by step

ovality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Oval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOvalA cricket ground in South London
2Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation
3Latinōvumegg
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →