LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix · femininefirst declension

-itia

-itia f (genitive -itiae)
Classical[ɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[it.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininemorpheme-ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.

Origins

An extended form of -ia. There is perhaps evidence for a similar suffix in Umbrian 𐌊𐌅𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌄 (kvestretie) and 𐌖𐌇𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌄 (uhtretie).

Borrowings
  • Catalan-ícia
  • Italian-izia
  • Occitan-ícia
  • French-isefrom Old French -ise
  • English-isefrom Old French -ise
  • English-icefrom Old French -ise
  • Portuguese-ícia
  • Spanish-icia
  • Asturian-icia
  • Friulian-izie
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • French-essefrom Old French -ece
  • English-essfrom Old French -ece
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalan-esa
  • Occitan-esafrom Old Occitan -eza
  • Gascon-esafrom Old Occitan -eza
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguese-ezafrom Old Galician-Portuguese -eza
  • Spanish-eza
  • Asturian-eza
  • Galician-ezafrom Old Galician-Portuguese -eza
Insular Romance
  • Sardinian-itta
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanian-eață
  • Aromanian-eatsã
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian-ezza
  • Esperanto-ecofrom Italian -ezza
  • Sicilian-izza
  • Venetan-esa
  • Venetan-eça
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Ladin-eza
  • Ladin-ëza
  • Friulian-ece
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontese-ëssa

Quick answers

What does -itia mean in Latin?
-itia, a suffix, means “-ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something.”.
How do you pronounce -itia?
In classical Latin, [ɪ.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [it.t͡si.a].