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dependability

noun

  1. measure of a system's availability, reliability, and its maintainability, and maintenance support performance, and, in some cases, other characteristics
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English depend Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English dependability From depend + -ability.

  1. The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.