Etymograph

English

fathomability

From fathom + -ability.

Formed from fathom + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *pet- ‘to spread out’

Proto-Germanic *faþmaz ‘outstretched arms, embrace’

Proto-West Germanic *faþm ‘outstretched arms, embrace’

Old English fæþm ‘encircling or outstretched arms, bosom, embrace’

Middle English fathome ‘unit of length of about six feet’

English fathom

Today it means

noun The quality of being fathomable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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