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-aneity

suffix · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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suffix

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: morpheme

Examples

  • contemporaneous + -aneity → contemporaneity (“the state of being contemporaneous”)
  • extemporaneous + -aneity → extemporaneity (“the state of being extemporaneous”)
  • extraneous + -aneity → extraneity (“the state of being extraneous”)
  • instantaneous + -aneity → instantaneity (“the state of being instantaneous”)
  • spontaneous + -aneity → spontaneity (“the state of being spontaneous”)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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