infinity

The story

1. Latin · derived fromīnfīnitās“unlimitedness”
2. Old French · derived frominfinité
3. Middle English · inherited frominfinite
4. English todayinfinity

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās. By surface analysis, infinite + -ity.

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