Etymology

incompressibility

Today it means: The quality of being incompressible, of not compressing under pressure. Full definition →

English compressibility ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcompressibility
  8. English todayincompressibility

From in- + compressibility.

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