The story
- Old French · derived fromstabilité
- Middle English · inherited fromstabletee
- English todaystability
From Middle English stabletee, stabilite, from Old French stabilité, from Latin root of stabilitas (“firmness, steadfastness”), from stabilis (“steadfast, firm”). Displaced native Old English staþolfæstnes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.