Etymology

wettability

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Today it means: The ability of a solid surface to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in contact with it such that it spreads over the surface and wets it. Full definition →

English wet ← Middle English wet ← Old English wǣt
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wētaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wāt
  4. Old Englishwǣt
  5. Middle Englishwet
  6. Englishwet
  7. English todaywettability

From wet + -ability.

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