Where does “vulnerability” come from?
Vulnerability comes from Middle English -ablete, from Latin -bilis (suffix forming adjectives meaning "capable of being"), ultimately from Latin vulnus meaning "wound."
vulnerability (English): Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or...
Definitions
- Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or...
Ancestry of “vulnerability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vulnerable | More or most likely to be exposed to the chance... |
| 2 | Latin | vulnerābilis | injurious, wounding, vulnerable |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |