Where does “prescindible” come from?
prescindible (Catalan) comes from Catalan -ible, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
prescindible (Catalan): expendable; dispensable
Definitions
- expendable; dispensable
Ancestry of “prescindible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | -ible | -ible, -able |
| 2 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |