Etymograph

English

provability

From prove + -ability.

A compound of prove + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s ‘being in front’

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Latin probō ‘to test; to approve’

Proto-West Germanic *prōbōn

Old English prōfian ‘to esteem; to test, prove’

Middle English proven

English prove

Today it means

noun The condition of being provable

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

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