English
squalidity
Squalidity comes from Latin squāliditās.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English squalidity
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquāliditāsWiktionary, English squalidity
- EnglishtodaysqualidityWiktionary, English squalidity
Formed from squalid + -ity
Latin squālus
Latin squālor ‘stiffness, roughness’
Latin squāleō ‘to be stiff or rough (with)’
Latin squālidus ‘stiff, rough’
English squalid
Every English word from Latin squāliditās
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin squāliditās / squalidity