Where does “visible” come from?

visible (Catalan) comes from Latin vīsibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

visible (Catalan): visible

Definitions

  1. visible

Ancestry of “visible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīsibilisthat may be seen, visible
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “visible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin vīsibilis →
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