-itas

See also: itas and -itás

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -itās.

Noun

-itas

  1. -ity

Usage notes

The suffix displaced earlier forms of -itet, -iteit and -itit from Dutch -iteit, Dutch -teit.

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Derived terms

Indonesian terms suffixed with -itas

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

First from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, i.e. -tās added to i-stems or o-stems, later used freely. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-itās f (genitive -itātis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of -tās
    amārus (bitter, pungent) + -itasamāritās (bitterness)
    ūnus (one) + -itasūnitās (unity, oneness)
    cīvis (citizen) + -itascīvitās (citizenship)
    fidēlis (faithful) + -itasfidēlitās (fidelity, faithfulness)
    trīni (three each) + -itastrīnitās (trinity, threeness)
    vēlōx (swift, quick) + -itasvēlōcitās (velocity, swiftness)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -itās -itātēs
Genitive -itātis -itātum
Dative -itātī -itātibus
Accusative -itātem -itātēs
Ablative -itāte -itātibus
Vocative -itās -itātēs
Synonyms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See -ītēs.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītās

  1. accusative plural of -ītēs
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