Etymology

celeritous

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Today it means: Swift, speedy, fast. Full definition →

French célérité ← Latin celeritas
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  1. Latin · derived fromceleritas
  2. French · derived fromcélérité
  3. English todayceleritous

From celerity, from French célérité, from Latin celeritas, from celer (“fast, swift”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.