Etymology

changeability

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Today it means: The quality of being changeable; changeableness. Full definition →

English change ← Middle English chaungen ← Anglo-Norman chaunger
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ḱh₂embos
  3. Proto-Celtic*kambos
  4. Gaulishcambion
  5. Latincambium
  6. Late Latincambiō
  7. Late Latincambiāre
  8. Old Frenchchangier
  9. Anglo-Normanchaunger
  10. Middle Englishchaungen
  11. Englishchange
  12. English todaychangeability

From change + -ability.

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