Etymology

sociality

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Today it means: The character of being social; sociability Full definition →

French socialité ← Latin sociālitās
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsociālitās“fellowship, sociality”
  2. French · borrowed fromsocialité
  3. English todaysociality

From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.