Etymology

precarity

pre·car·i·ty
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Today it means: Synonym of precariousness (“the state of being uncertain or unstable”); (countable) an instance of this. Full definition →

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From precar(ious) + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives denoting the properties, qualities, or states of the adjectives), probably modelled after French précarité (“precariousness; existence without financial or social security”). Compare New Latin precārietās.

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