-tude

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 198 words | Copyright

-tude suffix repr. F. -tude, L. -tūdō, -tūdin-, forming abstr. nouns on adjs., as altitude, fortitude, gratitude, latitude, multitude, derived from L. either directly or through F.

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