letalidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lētum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin lētālislbor.

Spanish letal

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish letalidad

From letal + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /letaliˈdad/ [le.t̪a.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: le‧ta‧li‧dad

Noun

letalidad f (uncountable)

1. lethality

Further reading

• “letalidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026