Where does “vermogelijken” come from?

vermogelijken (Dutch) comes from Dutch mogelijk, from Middle Dutch mogelijc.

vermogelijken (Dutch): to make possible

Definitions

  1. to make possible

Ancestry of “vermogelijken”, step by step

vermogelijken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mogelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmogelijkpossible
2Middle Dutchmogelijc—

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"
Every word from Middle Dutch mogelijc →Every word from Dutch mogelijk →