Processabilities

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The capabilities or qualities that enable effective processing of a given material or situation
2. The characteristics that assist in the handling and transforming of substances or information through a specific procedure
3. A set of attributes that facilitate the execution and management of tasks within a defined operational framework

Etymology: "Processability" is a straightforward stack of three parts, each with its own long history. The core, "process," comes from Latin "processus," a going forward, from "procedere," to advance, built from "pro-" (forward) and "cedere" (to go). It reached English through Old French, and its early English senses were often legal, such as the course of a lawsuit, before it came to mean a series of actions leading to a result. The ending "-able," meaning capable of being, descends from Latin "-abilis" through Old French. The ending "-ity," which turns an adjective into a noun for a quality or state, comes from Latin "-itas" through Old French "-ité." Joined to "process," these give a noun for the quality of being fit to be processed. The formation has no single named coiner. It is built from familiar English parts, so its meaning follows directly from them.