English
sordidity
From sordid + -ity, perhaps after French sordidité.
Formed from sordid + -ity
Proto-Italic *swordi- ‘dirt’
Latin sordēs ‘dirt, filth’
Latin sordeō ‘to be dirty, filthy or foul’
Latin sordidus ‘dirty, filthy, nasty’
Middle English sordide
English sordid
Today it means
noun Sordidness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sordidity