Etymology

continuity

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Today it means: Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time. Full definition →

Middle French continuité ← Latin continuitas
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  1. Latin · derived fromcontinuitas
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromcontinuité
  3. English todaycontinuity

Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity.

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