contestability

contestability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English contest
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 contestability

    From contest + -ability.

    Noun

    contestability (uncountable)

    1. The property of being contestable or debatable.
      Because of the popularity of the sitting candidate, the contestability of the seat was poor.

    Derived terms

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