Etymology

density

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Today it means: A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume. Full definition →

Middle French densité ← Latin densitas
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdensitas
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromdensité
  3. English todaydensity

Borrowed from Middle French densité or Latin densitas. Morphologically dense + -ity.

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