Etymograph

English

variability

Variability comes from Old French variable.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400variable
  2. Englishtodayvariability

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400variable
  2. Englishtodayvariability

Formed from variable + -ity

Latin varius ‘different, various’

Latin variare ‘to change’

Old French variable

English variable

Today it means

noun The state or characteristic of being variable.

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

Etymograph / Old French variable / variability