Etymology

lividity

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

Middle English lividite, lyvydite ← Middle French lividité ← Medieval Latin līviditās
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlīvidus“livid”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromlīviditās
  3. Middle French · derived fromlividité
  4. Middle English · inherited fromlividite, lyvydite
  5. English todaylividity

From Middle English lividite, lyvydite, from Middle French lividité and its etymon Medieval Latin līviditās, from Latin līvidus (“livid”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, livid + -ity.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinlīviditās all →

lividness

Latinlīvidus all →

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