-itade

== Italian == === Alternative forms === -itate === Etymology === From earlier -itate, from Latin -itātem with voicing of the second /-t-/. Reduced to -ità in modern Italian via apocope. Compare Old Italian -itude > modern -Italian -itù. Compare soccida for a different output. === Suffix === -itade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itadi) (Old Italian) used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness