generosity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being kind and willing to give money, time, or help.

   Thanks to the generosity of donors, the charity reached its goal.

2. 2
   noun

   A generous act.

   His many generosities toward the village were never forgotten.

Simplified etymology

Generosity, recorded from the late Middle English period, ultimately derives from Latin genus, meaning “birth, family, nation.” It shares this root with gender, generate, genial, and genus.

From Middle English generosite, from Latin generōsitās.

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