The story
- Classical Latin · derived fromnōbilitō
- Latin · borrowed from-itāt-
- English today-itate
From Latin -itāt-, past participial stem of -itō. On the model of e.g. Classical Latin nōbilitō and found in borrowings e.g. premeditate, debilitate, agitate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.