Word part · Latin suffix
The Latin suffix -ity
Means: the state or quality of.
At a glance
- Part
- -ity
- Meaning
- the state or quality of
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Turns a describing word into a naming word: equal, equality. The beat often moves to the syllable just before -ity.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- act (root or base)+ive (suffix)+ity (suffix)→activity
something you do; being active
act + ive + ity: drop the e → activity
- create (root or base)+ive (suffix)+ity (suffix)→creativity
being creative
create + ive + ity: drop the e → creativity
- real (root or base)+ity (suffix)→reality
what is real
- equal (root or base)+ity (suffix)→equality
being equal
- major (root or base)+ity (suffix)→majority
the larger part of a group
- electric (root or base)+ity (suffix)→electricity
a kind of energy that runs lights and machines
- person (root or base)+al (suffix)+ity (suffix)→personality
the way a person usually thinks and acts
- hydr (root or base)+o (connector)+electric (root or base)+ity (suffix)→hydroelectricity
electricity made by moving water
hydr + o + electric + ity: add a connecting vowel → hydroelectricity
- humid (root or base)+ity (suffix)→humidity
the amount of wetness in the air
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