English
severability
From sever + -ability.
Formed from sever + -ability
Latin parāre ‘provide, arrange’
Latin separāre ‘to separate’
Vulgar Latin *sēperāre
Old French sevrer ‘to sever’
Middle English severen
English sever
Today it means
noun The quality of being severable.
Sources
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Etymograph / severability