Fr caducité < LL caducitas < L caducus: see caducous
caducity in American English
(kəˈduːsɪti, -ˈdjuː-)
noun
1.
the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility
2.
frailty; transitoriness
the caducity of life
Word origin
[1760–1770; ‹ F caducité, equiv. to caduccaducous + -ité-ity]-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity