possibility

The story

1. Latin · derived frompossibilis“possible”
2. Late Latin · derived frompossibilitās“possibility”
3. Old French · derived frompossibilite
4. Middle French · derived frompossibilité
5. Middle English · inherited frompossibilite
6. English todaypossibility

From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.

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