answerability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English answer

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

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 answerability

From answer + -ability.

Noun

answerability (usually uncountable, plural answerabilities)

1. The state of being answerable.

   Synonym: answerableness

   Antonyms: unanswerability, unanswerableness