Reality
late 15th century: via French from medieval Latin realitas, from late Latin realis ‘relating to things’ (see real1).
wiktionary
[circa 1540] From French réalité(“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité(“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis(“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647.
etymonline
reality (n.)
1540s, "quality of being real, objective reality," from French réalité and directly from Medieval Latin realitatem (nominative realitas), from Late Latin realis (see real (adj.)). Also compare realty, which was the older form of the word in the sense of "reality" (mid-15c.).
Meaning "real existence, what is real, the aggregate of all that is real" is from 1640s; that of "the real state (of something)" is from 1680s. Sometimes 17c.-18c. it also meant "sincerity." Reality-based is attested from 1960, in marriage counseling. Reality television is attested from 1991.
