'non-transportability' originates from Modern English, specifically formed from the prefix 'non-' and the noun 'transportability', where 'non-' meant 'not' and 'transportability' is derived from 'transport' + '-ability' meaning 'capable of being carried across'.

'non-transportability' traces through 'transportability' from Middle English (related to Middle English/Old French 'transporten'/'transporter'), ultimately from Latin 'transportare' composed of 'trans-' ('across') + 'portare' ('to carry'); the suffix '-ability' comes via Latin '-abilitas'.

Initially, 'transport' meant 'to carry across'; over time the derived noun 'transportability' came to mean 'capacity to be transported', and the prefixed form 'non-transportability' developed to denote the absence of that capacity.