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-aneity

-aneity suffix: used to form an abstract noun from an adjective, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

Suffix

-aneity

  1. Used to form an abstract noun from an adjective, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
    • contemporaneous + -aneity → contemporaneity (“the state of being contemporaneous”)
    • extemporaneous + -aneity → extemporaneity (“the state of being extemporaneous”)

Origin of -aneity

From Latin -āneitās, from -āneus + -tās. By surface analysis, -ane(ous) + -ity.

Questions about -aneity

What does -aneity mean?
-aneity means used to form an abstract noun from an adjective, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
What part of speech is -aneity?
-aneity is a suffix.

Words near -aneity in the dictionary

  1. -andrian
  2. -androus
  3. -andry
  4. -ane
  5. -aneal
  6. -aneity
  7. -aneous
  8. -angle
  9. -angular
  10. -ania
  11. -anine

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