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Where does “unchangeability” come from?

unchangeability (English) comes from English changeability, from English change, from Middle English chaungen, from Anglo-Norman chaunger, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambiō, from Latin cambium — to bend; crooked; crooked.

unchangeability (English): The property of being unchangeable; The extent to...

Definitions

  1. The property of being unchangeable; The extent to...

Ancestry of “unchangeability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchangeabilityThe quality of being changeable; changeableness
2EnglishchangeTo become something different; To make something...
3Middle Englishchaungento change; to modify
4Anglo-NormanchaungerLate Anglo-Norman spelling of changier
5Old Frenchchangierto change; to make a change
6Late Latincambiare—
7Latincambiō—
8LatincambiumA change; cambium
9Gaulishcambionchange
10Proto-Celtickamboscurved; twisted, crooked
11Proto-Indo-Europeankamp-to bend; crooked; crooked
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