excitability

English

Etymology

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English excite

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

English excitability

From excite + -ability.

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Noun

excitability (countable and uncountable, plural excitabilities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being excitable
2. (countable) A measure of how easy something is to excite

Derived terms

• hyperexcitability
• hypoexcitability
• inexcitability
• neuroexcitability
• overexcitability
• photoexcitability
• subexcitability
• superexcitability
• unexcitability