-ità

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ita"

Italian

Etymology

From earlier Italian -itade ~ -itate, from Latin -itātem.[1]

Suffix

-ità f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)

  1. used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness

Usage notes
  • All are feminine and invariant.

Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -ità

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 101

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