English
abnormity
Abnormity comes from Late Latin abnormitas ‘abnormality, abnormity, irregularity’, and goes back to Latin nōrma ‘standard’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōrma‘standard’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabnormis‘irregular, abnormal’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEabnormitas‘abnormality, abnormity, irregularity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893abnormity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōrma‘standard’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabnormis‘irregular, abnormal’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEabnormitas‘abnormality, abnormity, irregularity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893abnormity
Earliest quotation: 1893, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney: “Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such…”
Formed from abnormal + -ity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, note, notice, recognize, narrative, recognition, con, ken, glory, keen, ignore, noble, notion, cognitive, ignorant, diagnostic, notorious, cunning, narration, notation, quaint, cognition, prognosis, gnome, nobility, notary, incognito, canny, agnostic, connoisseur, notoriety, normative, uncouth, canna, recognizance, cognizance, kith, gnosis, 88 more
through Ancient Greek γνώμων ‘examiner, carpenter's square’
through Latin nōrma ‘standard’
Today it means
noun A monstrosity
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nōrma / abnormity