Likability
/ˌlaɪ.kəˈbɪl.ə.ti/noun
The quality of being pleasant, agreeable, or easy to like.
Did you know?Likability is a modern English formation, but its core comes from the same old Germanic root as 'like,' which originally meant not just resemblance, but also suitability and approval.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*līkaz
“similar, alike; fitting”
Old English
OE
gelīc
“similar, like, equal”
Old English
OE
lician
“to please, be pleasing to”
Middle English
ME
liken
“to resemble; to please”
Late 19th Century
English
likable
“capable of being liked”
20th Century
English
likability
“the quality of being likable”