Where does “diskutabel” come from?
diskutabel (Danish) comes from French discutable, from French discuter, from Italian discutere, from German diskutieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.
diskutabel (Danish): debatable, arguable
Definitions
- debatable, arguable
Ancestry of “diskutabel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | discutable | debatable, arguable |
| 2 | French | discuter | to discuss; to chat |
| 3 | Italian | discutere | to discuss, debate, moot, question; to argue |
| 4 | German | diskutieren | to discuss |
| 5 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |