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

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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

• inchangeability
• unchangeability