socialitas

Forms

sociālitās f (genitive sociālitātis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin sociālis (“of companions, sociable”) + -tās.^[2][1][3] ⟨sociālis⟩ is from socius (“companion, ally”).^[1] De Vaan traces ⟨socius⟩ to Proto-Italic *sokjo-, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-(h₂)-i-o- (“companion”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its source is Pliny the Younger's Panegyric, and Lewis & Short call it very rare.^[5][6][7]

Semantic evolution

It meant a sociable disposition, companionableness, fellowship, sociability, and Gaffiot renders it company, entourage.^[2][5][6]

In Medieval Latin it was the term for the bond of affiliation between Cluny and its associated monasteries.^[8] English sociality (1640s) is from it, partly through French socialité.^[3]

Timeline

• 1640s – English sociality is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. Sociability, fellowship.^[2][5]
2. (Medieval Latin) The bond between Cluny and its associated monasteries.^[8]

Related words

• sociālis
• socius
• societās
• English sociality

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
8. ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill