Where does “incapability” come from?
Incapability comes from Middle English in- (not) prefixed to capability, ultimately from Latin in- and Latin in (in), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ne (not), oyd- (to go), en (in), and en (in).
incapability (English): The condition of being incapable
Definitions
- The condition of being incapable
Ancestry of “incapability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | capability | the power or ability to generate an outcome |
| 2 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |