Where does “durability” come from?
Durability comes from Old French durabilité, from Latin durabilitas (quality of lasting), from the Latin suffix -tas added to durabilis (able to last), from durus (hard, lasting) and -bilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European drew- (firm, solid).
durability (English): Permanence by virtue of the power to resist...
Definitions
- Permanence by virtue of the power to resist...
Ancestry of “durability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | durabilité | — |
| 2 | Latin | durabilitas | durability |
| 3 | Latin | dūrābilis | durable, lasting |
| 4 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 5 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |