-ability
Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
Suffix
- Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.
- cook + -ability → cookability
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis 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 From Middle English -ablete, -iblete, -abilite, -ibilite, from Middle French -ableté, -ibleté, -abilité, -ibilité, from Latin -abilitas, -ibilitas, from -abilis (“able”) or -ibilis (“able”) + -tas. Equivalent to -able + -ity. See ability.
Forms
Related
agreeability availability avoidability clusterability collocability combinability countability crystallizability disability editability enforceability enjoyability factorizability falsifiability googlability googleability governability impassability impassibility installability investigability mappability mouldability movability
Derived
absorbability acceptability accountability adaptability affability availability bouncebackability capability culpability desirability durability flammability inability inflammability instability liability malleability nonability palpability probability readability reliability respectability stability