Where does “impossibility” come from?

Impossibility derives from Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitas, from the adjective impossibilis, composed of the Latin prefix in- and the Latin root possibilis.

impossibility (English): Something that is impossible; The quality of...

Definitions

  1. Something that is impossible; The quality of...

Ancestry of “impossibility”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchimpossibilité—
2Latinimpossibilitasimpossibility
3Latinimpossibĭlisimpossible
Every word from Latin impossibĭlis →Every word from Latin impossibilitas →Every word from Middle French impossibilité →