Word origin
[1520–30; ‹ LL
quaternitās, equiv. to L
quatern(
ī) four each, four at a time +
-itās -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bias, lapse, normal, pilot, ribbon-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity