English
turnability
From turn + -ability.
Formed from turn + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by turning, turn’
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Latin tornō ‘to round off, turn in a lathe’
Proto-West Germanic *turnēn ‘to turn, lathe’
Old English turnian ‘to turn, rotate’
Middle English turnen ‘to turn’
English turn
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being turnable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / turnability