incapability的词源

英文词源

inability (n.)

mid-15c., inhabilite, "disqualification for office," from in- (1) + ability. Earlier was unability "incapability; incompetence" (late 14c.). General sense by c. 1500.

incapable (adj.)

1590s, from Middle French incapable and directly from Medieval Latin incapabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + capabilis (see capable). Related: Incapably; incapability.

中文词源

incapability：无能

词根词缀： in-否定 + -cap-拿取 + -ability名词词尾

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