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instability (n.)
early 15c., from Middle French
instabilite
"inconstancy," from Latin
instabilitatem
(nominative
instabilitas
) "unsteadiness," from
instabilis
"unsteady," from
in-
"not, opposite of" (see
in-
(1)) +
stabilis
(see
stable
(2)).