English
fictionality
From fictional + -ity.
A compound of fiction + -al + fictional
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to knead’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti ‘to form, shape’
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’
Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin fictiō ‘fashioning, forming, formation’
Old French ficcion
Middle English ficcioun ‘an invention or fabrication’
English fiction
English fictional
Today it means
noun State or quality of being fictional.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fictionality