-itas

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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”) + ‎-itas → ‎amāritās (“bitterness”)
    ‎ūnus (“one”) + ‎-itas → ‎ūnitās (“unity, oneness”)
    ‎cīvis (“citizen”) + ‎-itas → ‎cīvitās (“citizenship”)
    ‎fidēlis (“faithful”) + ‎-itas → ‎fidēlitās (“fidelity, faithfulness”)
    ‎trīni (“three each”) + ‎-itas → ‎trīnitās (“trinity, threeness”)
    ‎vēlōx (“swift, quick”) + ‎-itas → ‎vēlōcitās (“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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