dignitas
Latin
noun
Definitions
- worth, worthiness, merit, desert
- fitness, suitability
- rank, status, standing, esteem, dignity
- dignity, greatness
- (metonym) a dignitary, a person of high rank, a person in high office
Etymology
Suffix from Latin dignus (worthy).
Origin
Latin
dignus
Gloss
worthy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- condign English
- dignitas, dignitatem Latin
- dignus Latin
- dīgnitās Latin
- indignus Latin
- perdignus Latin
- Dignitar German
- degno Italian
- dignitario Italian
- digne French
- dignité French
- digno Spanish, Castilian
- *deḱ-no Proto-Indo-European
- digno Portuguese
- dignitee Middle English
- dignité Old French
- demnitate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *degnos Proto-Italic
- denj Dalmatian