arguability

arguability

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Etymology

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Latin arguōder.
Old French arguerbor.
Middle English arguen
English argue
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English arguability

    From argue + -ability.

    Noun

    arguability (uncountable)

    1. The quality or degree of being arguable.
      • 2008 April 19, John F. Burns, “Russian Feud Goes to Court in London”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        “The arguability of the claims depends wholly on oral conversations which are not documented,” he said.

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