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Where does “dupability” come from?

dupability (English) comes from English dupe, from French duper, from Middle French duppe, from French huppé, from Latin upupa, from Old Saxon uppa, from Old Norse á, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚾ — on, onto.

dupability (English): The quality of being dupable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being dupable

Ancestry of “dupability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdupeA person who has been deceived; To swindle,...
2Frenchduperto trick, fool, dupe
3Middle Frenchduppe—
4Frenchhuppécrested; upper-crust, posh
5Latinupupahoopoe
6Old Saxonuppaabove
7Old Norseáriver; Alternative form of ær; on
8Proto-Norseᚨᚾon
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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