Etymograph

English

returnability

From return + -ability.

Formed from return + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’

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Medieval Latin retornare ‘to turn back’

Old French retourner

Anglo-Norman returner

Middle English returnen ‘to return’

English return

Today it means

noun The quality of being returnable.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “returnability”. 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.

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