Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from other European languages (cf. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) -ity, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) -ität, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) -ité, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian (deprecated template usage) -ità, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish (deprecated template usage) -idad, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese (deprecated template usage) -idade, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Romanian (deprecated template usage) -itate), all ultimately from the accusative (deprecated template usage) -itatem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin suffix (deprecated template usage) -itas.
Suffix
-itāte
- In foreign words, like (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) -ity, usually added to adjectives to form abstract nouns (sometimes with more concrete meanings: e.g., (deprecated template usage) universitāte).