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