Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perishability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-isha-bil-i-ty
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being perishable.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English perish 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 perishability From perish + -ability.

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What does perishability mean?
The quality of being perishable.
Where does perishability come from?
Etymology tree English perish 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 perishability From perish + -ability.

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