Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

understandability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-stand-abil-i-ty
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being understandable.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English understand 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 understandability From understand + -ability.

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What does understandability mean?
The property of being understandable.
Where does understandability come from?
Etymology tree English understand 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 understandability From understand + -ability.

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