validity

English

noun

Definitions

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
State of having legal force.
A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

Etymology

Suffix from English valid borrowed from Middle French validité derived from Latin validitas.

Origin

Latin

validitas

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

invalid English
nonvalid English
nonvalidity English
unvalid English
valid English
validify English
validly English
validness English
valeō Latin
validitas Latin
validitás Hungarian
validità Italian
valide Middle French
validité Middle French