## Etymology
From formidable (from Latin formidabilis 'causing fear', from formidare 'to dread', from formido 'fear, dread') plus the noun suffix -ity. It denotes the quality of inspiring fear or awe.

## AI Etymology
Formidability comes from formidable (from Latin formidabilis 'causing fear', from formidare 'to dread', from formido 'fear, dread') plus the noun suffix -ity. It denotes the quality of inspiring fear or awe. The development is chiefly a borrowing or learned continuation, carrying an older form and meaning into English rather than building the word from a purely native base. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the quality of inspiring fear, awe, or respect by strength", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as formidable and formidably, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin formidabilis and Latin formido, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

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