aedility

The story

1. Latin · derived fromaedīlis“commissioner or magistrate”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromaedīlitās
3. English todayaedility

Learned borrowing from Latin aedīlitās, from Latin aedīlis (“commissioner or magistrate”), from aedēs + -īlis. By surface analysis, aedile + -ity.

Words from the same roots