suitability

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi

Vulgar Latin *sequere

Vulgar Latin *sequita

Old French siute

Anglo-Norman suitebor.

Middle English sute

English suit

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 suitability

From suit + -ability.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪti/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/, [ˌsutəˈbɪləɾi], [ˌsuɾəˈbɪləɾi], /ˌsjutəˈbɪləti/
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləti/, [ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləɾi], /ˌsjʉːtəˈbɪləti/

suitability (countable and uncountable, plural suitabilities)

The quality of being suitable.
- 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:
  As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.

quality of being suitable