Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disprovability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-prov-abil-i-ty
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ability to be disproven; refutability.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English disprove 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 disprovability From disprove + -ability.

Usage

Questions

What does disprovability mean?
The ability to be disproven; refutability.
Where does disprovability come from?
Etymology tree English disprove 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 disprovability From disprove + -ability.

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