English
lamentability
From lament + -ability.
Formed from lament + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
Proto-Italic *lāmentom
Latin lāmentum ‘wailing, moaning, weeping’
Latin lāmentor ‘to wail, weep’
Middle French lamenter
English lament
Today it means
noun The state or characteristic of being lamentable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lamentability