Etymology

addressability

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Today it means: The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction. Full definition →

English address ← Middle English adressen ← Old French adrecier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  7. Old Frenchdrecier
  8. Old Frenchadrecier
  9. Middle Englishadressen
  10. Englishaddress
  11. English todayaddressability

From address + -ability.

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