Where does “-ité” come from?

-ité (Middle French) comes from Old French -ité, from Latin -itās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-ité (Middle French): -ity

Definitions

  1. -ity

Ancestry of “-ité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ité-ity
2Latin-itās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Latin -itās →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ →