-aneity

suffix

Used to form an abstract noun from an adjective, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

“extraneous + -aneity → extraneity (“the state of being extraneous”)”

OriginLatin -āneitās →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form an abstract noun from an adjective, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

    extraneous + -aneity → extraneity (“the state of being extraneous”)

    4 more examples

    contemporaneous + -aneity → contemporaneity (“the state of being contemporaneous”)

    extemporaneous + -aneity → extemporaneity (“the state of being extemporaneous”)

    instantaneous + -aneity → instantaneity (“the state of being instantaneous”)

    spontaneous + -aneity → spontaneity (“the state of being spontaneous”)

Origin

  1. Latin-āneitās
  2. English-aneity

From Latin -āneitās, from -āneus + -tās. By surface analysis, -ane(ous) + -ity.

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APA

-aneity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-aneity

MLA

“-aneity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-aneity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-aneity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-aneity.

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