-ity
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构词拆分
-i-中缀
“connecting vowel”
(in coining neologisms) A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel).
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-ty后缀
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Old English -þo, -þu, -þ (“-th”). More at -th. By surface analysis, -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ty.
释义（英文）
后缀 Suffix
- Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
- Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
- Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
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构词拆分
-ed后缀
Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.