English
prohibitiveness
From prohibitive + -ness.
Formed from prohibitive + -ness
Latin habeō ‘to have’
Latin prohibeō ‘to forbid, prohibit’
Medieval Latin prohibitīvus
Middle English prohibitif
English prohibitive
Today it means
noun The quality of being prohibitive.
Sources
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