Etymology

ideality

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Today it means: The quality or state of being ideal. Full definition →

Medieval Latin ideālitās ← Late Latin ideālis
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromideālis“ideal”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromideālitās“ideality”
  3. English todayideality

From Medieval Latin ideālitās (“ideality”), from Late Latin ideālis (“ideal”). By surface analysis, ideal + -ity.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinideālis all →

idealidealist

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