English
sociality
Sociality may come from French socialité.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsocialitéuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1859sociality
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsocialitéuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1859sociality
Earliest quotation: 1859, John Stuart Mill, Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion: “Unless opinions favorable to democracy and to aristocracy, to…”
Formed from social + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Archaic Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘a companion’
Latin sociālis ‘of or belonging to a companion or…’
Middle French social ‘allied’
English social
Linked words
through Latin socius ‘companion, ally’
society, associate, sociology, dissociation, dissociate, 10 more
Today it means
noun The character of being social; sociability
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French socialité / sociality