Etymograph

English

scrupulosity

Scrupulosity comes from Latin scrupulositas.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrupulositas
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1592scrupulosity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrupulositas
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1592scrupulosity

Earliest quotation: 1592, Richard Turnbull, An Exposition upon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Jude: “So then the whole scripture of God, being true,…”

Formed from scrupulous + -ity

Latin scrupulosus ‘full of sharp stones’

Middle French scrupuleux

English scrupulous

Every English word from Latin scrupulositas

Today it means

noun The property of being scrupulous; excessive attention to scruples.

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Etymograph / Latin scrupulositas / scrupulosity

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