movability

movability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin movēre
Old Northern French moverbor.
Middle English moven
English move
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 movability

    From move + -ability.

    Noun

    movability (countable and uncountable, plural movabilities)

    1. The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved.
    2. The ability to move (oneself).
      • 1875 July to December, The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume LX, page 501:
        His progressive improvement will be best indicated by noting briefly the increase in his movability. When admitted, 15th April, he could barely put his hands to his mouth; 17th, was able to turn on his back; 20th, could partly raise himself […]
      • 2012, Maryann Phillips, Sticks and Stones, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 466:
        Helping him through months of physiotherapy, trying to help him regain his memory as well as his movability. […]

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