Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maintainability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: main-tain-abil-i-ty
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ease with which something can be maintained.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English maintain 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 maintainability From maintain + -ability.

Usage

Inflected Forms

maintainabilities (plural)

Questions

What does maintainability mean?: The ease with which something can be maintained.
Where does maintainability come from?: Etymology tree English maintain 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 maintainability From maintain + -ability.

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