Etymology

drinkability

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Today it means: The state or property of being drinkable. Full definition →

English drink ← Middle English drynken ← Old English drincan
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  1. Proto-Germanic*drinkaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*drinkan
  3. Old Englishdrincan
  4. Middle Englishdrynken
  5. Englishdrink
  6. English todaydrinkability

From drink + -ability.

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