Etymology

tenebrosity

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

Middle English tenebrosite ← Old French tenebrosité ← Latin tenebrae
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenebrae“darkness”
  2. Old French · derived fromtenebrosité
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtenebrosite
  4. English todaytenebrosity

From Middle English tenebrosite, from Old French tenebrosité, ultimately from Latin tenebrae (“darkness”). Compare Medieval Latin tenebrōsitas, French ténébrosité. By surface analysis, tenebrose + -ity.

Words from the same roots

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