English
sententiosity
Sententiosity comes from Latin sententiōsus ‘pithy, sententious’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsententiōsus‘pithy, sententious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646sententiosity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsententiōsus‘pithy, sententious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1646sententiosity
Earliest quotation: 1646, Thomas Browne, Of Adherence unto Antiquity: “Noſce teipſum of Thales: Noſce tempus of Pittacus: Nihil…”
Formed from sententiōsus + -ity
Every English word from Latin sententiōsus
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being sententious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sententiōsus / sententiosity