agreeability

The story

1. Old French · derived fromagreable
2. Middle English · derived fromagreable
3. English todayagreeability

From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -ability. By surface analysis, agree + -ability. Compare the only attestation before the 18th century (by Geoffrey Chaucer), Middle English aggreablete, agreablete (“favorable disposition, tolerance”), from Middle French agréableté.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 18th c. The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.