Where does “mobility” come from?
Mobility comes from Middle French mobilité, meaning the quality of being movable or capable of motion.
mobility (English): The ability to move; capacity for movement; A...
Definitions
- The ability to move; capacity for movement; A...
Ancestry of “mobility”, step by step
mobility traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English nobility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nobility | A noble or privileged social class, historically... |
| 2 | Old French | nobilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | nobilitas | celebrity, fame, renown; nobility; nobleness |
| 4 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |