English
secability
Secability comes from Latin secabilitas, from secō ‘to cut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōas secare‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecabilitas
- Englishtodaysecability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōas secare‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecabilitas
- Englishtodaysecability
Formed from -ability
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, design, sign, ship, seal, sack, sawyer, scarlet, sax, shingle, scythe, sich, sedge, sigil, sain, desiccation, desiccant, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
homosexual, sexuality, dissection, 17 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
risk, sex, section, sexual, segment, insect, sickle, het, dissect, seg, brassica, 20 more
Today it means
noun The capability of being divided.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / secability