Joinability

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of something that allows it to be joined or connected to another
2. A characteristic describing how easily parts or elements can be linked together
3. The condition enabling components or items to be combined or connected

Etymology: "Joinability" is a plain English formation: the verb "join" with the suffix "-ability" attached. The suffix comes from Latin "-abilis", which meant "able to be" something, so the word simply means the quality of being able to be joined. English has built many words this way, from "readable" to "washability," and "joinability" follows the same pattern. The base "join" traces back through Old French "joindre" to Latin "iungere," meaning "to yoke or unite," which is also the source of "join" and related forms like "junction." The "-ability" ending, in turn, arrived in English through French, where it had come from the Latin adjectival suffix. Its use in English words is largely a matter of centuries of French and Latin borrowing, so the suffix itself carries a long history even though the combined word is a modern, transparent coinage.

Synonyms: connectivity, linkability, associability

Antonyms: disconnectivity, separability