generositas

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Italic *genos

Latin genus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Latin generōsus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin generōsitās

From generōsus (“noble, generous”) + -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nɛˈroː.sɪ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.neˈrɔː.s̬i.tas]

Noun

generōsitās f (genitive generōsitātis); third declension

1. breeding, nobility
2. generosity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	generōsitās	generōsitātēs
genitive	generōsitātis	generōsitātum
dative	generōsitātī	generōsitātibus
accusative	generōsitātem	generōsitātēs
ablative	generōsitāte	generōsitātibus
vocative	generōsitās	generōsitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: generositat
• Galician: xenerosidade
• Italian: generosità
• Middle French: générosité
  • English: generosity
  • French: générosité
• Portuguese: generosidade
• Romanian: generozitate
• Spanish: generosidad
• Sicilian: ginirusità

References

• “generositas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "generositas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “generositas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.