socialitas Latin · revision 9728

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Younger|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sociālitās''' ''f'' (genitive sociālitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sociālis|-tās|t1=of companions, sociable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) ⟨sociālis⟩ is from [[m|la|socius|t=companion, ally]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨socius⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sokjo-]], from [[ine-pro|*sokʷ-(h₂)-i-o-|t=companion]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its source is Pliny the Younger's ''Panegyric'', and Lewis & Short call it very rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a sociable disposition, companionableness, fellowship, sociability, and Gaffiot renders it company, entourage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was the term for the bond of affiliation between Cluny and its associated monasteries.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''sociality'' (1640s) is from it, partly through French ''socialité''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1640s – English ''sociality'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sociability|alt=Sociability]], fellowship.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The bond between Cluny and its associated monasteries.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sociālis]]

+ * [[socius]]

+ * [[societās]]

+ * [[en|sociality]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}