infirmité

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French infirmité, borrowed from Latin īnfirmitātem. By surface analysis, infirme +‎ -ité. See also fermeté, and the Old French forms anfermeté, enferté, which were subsequently learnedly modified to be closer to the Latin form. === Pronunciation === === Noun === infirmité f (plural infirmités) disability, impairment infirmity ==== Derived terms ==== infirmité motrice cérébrale === Further reading === “infirmité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin infirmitas. === Noun === infirmité f (plural infirmitez) infirmity; disease or other medical condition ==== Descendants ==== French: infirmité