Etymograph

English

forgivability

From forgive + -ability.

Formed from forgive + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give, move’

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Proto-Germanic *fragebaną ‘to give away’

Proto-West Germanic *frageban

Old English forġiefan ‘to forgive, to give’

Middle English foryiven ‘to forgive’

English forgive

Today it means

noun The quality of being forgivable.

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

Etymograph / forgivability