English
retainability
From retain + -ability.
Formed from retain + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
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Vulgar Latin *retinīre
Middle French retenir ‘to keep’
Anglo-Norman reteiner
Middle English reteinen
English retain
Today it means
noun The quality of being retainable.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “retainability”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / retainability