-tude

suffix forming abstract nouns (altitude; attitude; solitude).
Etymology: from or after F -tude f. L -tudo -tudinis

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\\ˌtüd, .ˌtyüd\ noun suffix (-s)

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French -tude, from Latin -tudin-, -tudo

: -ness

omnitude

parvitude

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a suffix appearing in abstract nouns (generally formed from Latin adjectives or participles) of Latin origin (latitude; altitude); on this model, used in the formation of new nouns: platitude.

[ < L -tudo ( F -tude)]

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suffix forming abstract nouns such as beatitude, solitude

Origin:

from French -tude, from Latin -tudo

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-tude, suffix

(tjuːd)

repr. L. -tūdo, -tūdin-em (F. -tude), a suffix of abstract nouns, chiefly from adjs., as altitūdo height, f. altus high, fortitūdo bravery, f. fortis brave, hebetūdo bluntness, f. hebes blunt, less commonly from participles, as consuētūdo custom, f. consuētus accustomed, habitūdo habit, f. habitus held, or verbs, as valētūdo health, f. valēre to be well; occurring in many words derived from Latin either directly, as altitude, hebetude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, or through French, as amplitude, aptitude, attitude, consuetude, fortitude, habitude, plenitude, solitude, etc., or formed (in F. or Eng.) on Latin analogies, as debilitude, decrepitude, exactitude, or occasionally irregularly, as dispiritude, torpitude.