Where does “tragicality” come from?

tragicality (English) comes from English tragical, from Ancient Greek τραγικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

tragicality (English): The quality of being tragical

Definitions

  1. The quality of being tragical

Ancestry of “tragicality”, step by step

tragicality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tragical

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtragicaltragic
2Ancient Greekτραγικόςof or relating to tragedy; tragikos
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →