Etymograph

English

supinity

Supinity comes from Latin supinitas.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupinitas1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1658supinity1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English supinity
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia: “The Supinity of elder dayes hath left so much…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupinitasWiktionary, English supinity
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1658supinityWiktionary, English supinity. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia: “The Supinity of elder dayes hath left so much…”

Formed from supine + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *(s)upo ‘up, from below’

Latin supīnus ‘lying down with face upwards’

English supine

Every English word from Latin supinitas

Today it means

noun The quality of being supine; negligence; laziness; heedlessness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supinity”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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