-itade

Italian

Alternative forms

• -itate

Etymology

From earlier -itate, from Latin -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare Old Italian -itude > modern -Italian -itù. Compare soccida for a different output.

Suffix

-itade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itadi)

1. (Old Italian) used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness