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quiddity

Meaningwhat

Common meaning: essential nature of something, or a minor objection

Journey through time

  1. Latinquid‘what’source
  2. Late Latinquidditas‘whatness or essence’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswhatness or essence → essential nature of something, or a minor objectionquiddity‘essential nature of something, or a minor objection’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin quid ‘what’.

Roots

  • quid Latin “what”

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