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Where does “recoverability” come from?

recoverability (English) comes from English recover, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

recoverability (English): The property of being able to recover or be...

Definitions

  1. The property of being able to recover or be...

Ancestry of “recoverability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecoverTo get back, to regain; to salvage, to extricate,...
2EnglishcoverA lid; Area or situation which screens a person...
3Middle Englishcoverento recover
4Old Frenchcovrirto cover
5Latincooperiō—
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “recoverability”

  • unrecoverability
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