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Where does “verifiability” come from?

verifiability (English) comes from English verify, from Old French verifier, from Latin vērificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

verifiability (English): The state or property of being capable of being...

Definitions

  1. The state or property of being capable of being...

Ancestry of “verifiability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishverifyTo substantiate or prove the truth of something;...
2Old Frenchverifierto verify
3Latinvērificāre—
4Latinfaciō—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “verifiability”

  • unverifiability
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