arguability en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom 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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality or degree of being arguable.
“The arguability of the claims depends wholly on oral conversations which are not documented,” he said.
2008 April 19, John F. Burns, “Russian Feud Goes to Court in London”, in New York Times:
Deriveds
Translations (1)
pt discutibilidade (the quality or degree of being arguable)