The story
- Latin · derived fromantiquitas
- Old French · derived fromantiquité
- Middle English · inherited fromantiquyte
- English todayantiquity
From Middle English antiquyte, antiquite, antiquytee, a borrowing from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus. Equivalent to antique + -ity. See antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.