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mobility

/məʊˈbɪləti/moh-BIH-luh-tee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/moʊˈbɪləti/moh-BIH-luh-tee

Meaningbeing mobile

Common meaning: the ability to move freely

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mu-‘move, push, strip off’source
  2. Latinmobilis‘moveable’source
  3. Middle Englishmobyll‘movable’source
  4. Englishmobile‘free to shift from place to place’
  5. Englishformed in English from mobilemobility‘the ability to move freely’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from mobile + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MOBILE, p.373 · scan

Source words

  • mobilis Latin · source word “moveable”

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