Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

provability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: prov-abil-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being provable

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English prove 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 provability From prove + -ability.

Usage

Inflected Forms

provabilities (plural) proveability (alternative)

Derived Forms

unprovability

Synonyms

demonstrability

Questions

What does provability mean?: The condition of being provable
Where does provability come from?: Etymology tree English prove 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 provability From prove + -ability.

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