English
strandability
By surface analysis, strand + -ability, or, by surface analysis, strandable + -ity.
Equivalent to strand + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‘to broaden, spread out’
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Proto-Germanic *strandō ‘edge, rim, shore’
Proto-West Germanic *strand
Old English strand ‘strand, sea-shore, shore’
Middle English strand
English strand
Today it means
noun The ability to go without any complement while remaining grammatical.
Sources
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Etymograph / strandability