Impossibility

来自Big Physics

google

ref

late Middle English: from French impossibilite or Latin impossibilitas, from impossibilis, from in- ‘not’ + possibilis (see possible).


Ety img impossibility.png

wiktionary

ref

From Middle French impossibilité, from Latin impossibilitās; synchronically analyzable as im- +‎ possibility and impossible +‎ -ity.


etymonline

ref

impossibility (n.)

late 14c., "quality of being impossible," from impossible + -ity; perhaps from or modeled on Old French impossibilité (14c.). Meaning "an impossible thing or occurrence" is from c. 1500. Sometimes in English 15c.-18c. it meant "inabolity, impotence," after a use of Medieval Latin impossibilitas.