Etymology

incapacity

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Today it means: The lack of a capacity; an inability. Full definition →

English capacity ← Middle English capacite ← Old French capacite
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  10. Latincapiō
  11. Latincapāx
  12. Latincapācitās
  13. Old Frenchcapacite
  14. Middle Englishcapacite
  15. Englishcapacity
  16. English todayincapacity

From in- (“negative”) + capacity.

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