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Where does “deployability” come from?

deployability (English) comes from English deploy, from French déployer, from Middle French desployer, from Old French desploier, from Latin deplico, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.

deployability (English): The extent to which something is deployable

Definitions

  1. The extent to which something is deployable

Ancestry of “deployability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeployTo prepare and arrange for use; To unfold, open,...
2Frenchdéployerto spread out, to unfold; to deploy
3Middle FrenchdesployerAlternative form of desploier
4Old Frenchdesploier—
5LatindeplicoI unfold; I explain
6Latindē-—
7Latindē—
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicposti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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