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Where does “stolidity” come from?

Stolidity comes from English stolid, French -ité, Latin -itas, Proto-Indo-European ster-, Latin -itatem, Latin -itas, and Proto-Indo-European -it-.

stolidity (English): The property of being stolid; unemotionality

Definitions

  1. The property of being stolid; unemotionality

Ancestry of “stolidity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstolidHaving or revealing little emotion or...
2Middle Frenchstolide—
3Latinstolidusstupid, foolish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
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