[1810–20; ‹ L fēmine(us) of a woman (fēmin(a) woman + -eus-eous) + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, dynamic, keyboard, knockout, liberalism-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity