LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

profānitās

profānitās f (genitive profānitātis)
Classical[prɔˈfaː.nɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[proˈfaː.ni.tas]

Meaning

  1. profaneness, profanity

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeprofānitāsprofānitātēs
genitiveprofānitātisprofānitātum
dativeprofānitātīprofānitātibus
accusativeprofānitātemprofānitātēs
ablativeprofānitāteprofānitātibus
vocativeprofānitāsprofānitātēs

prŏfānĭtas, ātis, f. profanus,
I. profaneness, profanity (eccl. Lat.): superiorum profanitas, i. e. the ancient heathen writers, Tert. Pall. 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprofānitās

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Italic *faznom Latin fānum Latin profānus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin profānitās From profānus + -tās.

Descendants
  • Englishprofanity
  • Frenchprofanité
  • GermanProfanität
  • Italianprofanità
  • Spanishprofanidad

In English words that came into English from profānitās

  • profanityprofānitās

Quick answers

What does profānitās mean in Latin?
profānitās, a noun, means “profaneness, profanity”.
What is the genitive of profānitās?
The genitive singular is profānitātis. profānitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce profānitās?
In classical Latin, [prɔˈfaː.nɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [proˈfaː.ni.tas].
Where does profānitās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *pér → Proto-Indo-European *pró → Proto-Indo-European *pro- → Proto-Italic *pro- → Latin profānitās.