English
tumidity
From tumid + -ity, after Latin tumiditās.
Formed from tumid + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *tum- ‘to swell’
Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- ‘to be swelling’
Proto-Italic *tumēō
Latin tumeō ‘to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out…’
Latin tumidus ‘swollen’
English tumid
Today it means
noun The condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension.
Sources
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