Organizability

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or ability of something being capable of being arranged into an orderly system or structure
2. The degree to which a person, group, or thing can be systematically organized or put into order
3. Describing how readily a set of tasks, resources, or people can be brought together into a coherent arrangement

Etymology: "Organizability" is simply the noun form of "organizable," meaning the quality of being capable of being organized. The word was formed in English around 1832 by adding the suffix "-ity," which turns adjectives into abstract nouns of quality, to "organizable." Its base, "organizable," is itself built from "organize" plus the adjective-forming suffix "-able," meaning able to be or capable of being. The chain of suffixes is therefore a neat record of how English builds abstract nouns: a verb becomes an adjective of possibility, and that adjective becomes a noun naming the property. Because the formation is so regular, the word reads as a transparent coinage rather than something with a dramatic backstory.

Synonyms: organisability