English
rancidity
From rancid + -ity.
A compound of rancid + -ity
Latin ranceō ‘to be rotting or rancid’
Latin rancidus ‘stinking, rank, rancid, offensive’
English rancid
Today it means
noun The state of being rancid.
Sources
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Etymograph / rancidity