English
nitency
Nitency comes from Latin nitens, and goes back to nītor ‘to strive’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnītoras niti, present participle‘to strive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnitens
- Englishearliest quotation 1659nitency
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnītoras niti, present participle‘to strive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnitens
- Englishearliest quotation 1659nitency
Earliest quotation: 1659, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall: “their Spring or endeavour outward will be augmented, that…”
Every English word from Latin nītor
Another origin of nitency
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnitere‘to shine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnitenspresent participle of nitere
- Englishtodaynitency
Today it means
noun endeavour; effort; tendency
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nītor / nitency