'breakability' originates from English, specifically formed from the adjective 'breakable' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ity', where 'break' comes from Old English 'brecan' meaning 'to break', '-able' meant 'capable of', and '-ity' forms a noun indicating 'state or quality'.

'breakability' developed from the verb 'break' (Old English 'brecan'), which produced the adjective 'breakable' (capable of being broken), and later the noun-forming suffix '-ity' was added to create 'breakability' in Modern English.

Initially the root 'break' meant 'to break' (an action), and over time, with the addition of derivational suffixes, the meaning shifted to express the 'state or quality of being breakable' as in the modern noun 'breakability'.