English

inoperancy

From in- + operant + -cy.

Formed from in + operant + cy

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Latin operāns ‘working, labouring, toiling’

Middle English operant

Today it means

noun The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.

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Etymograph / inoperancy