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From French -alité and Latin -ālitās. By surface analysis, -al + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Used to form nouns, denoting a quality or condition, from adjectives ending in -al (which is not duplicated (see -ity)). Full definition →
From French -alité and Latin -ālitās. By surface analysis, -al + -ity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.