changeability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos
Proto-Celtic *kambosder.
Gaulish cambionbor.
Latin cambium
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Late Latin cambiāreder.
Old French changierder.
Anglo-Norman chaungerbor.
Middle English chaungen
English change
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English changeability

    From change + -ability.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

    changeability (usually uncountable, plural changeabilities)

    1. The quality of being changeable; changeableness.
      • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition).
        It was chilly that April, with the awkward changeability of English spring.

    Derived terms

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