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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

celerity XV. — (O)F. célérité — L. celeritās, f. celer swift; see -ITY.

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