-itade
Italian
Alternative forms
- -itate
Etymology
From Latin -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare Old Italian -itude > modern -Italian -itù.
Suffix
-itade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itadi)
- (Old Italian) used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness
Usage notes
- All such nouns are feminine and have the plural -itadi.