Where does “abridgable” come from?
abridgable (English) comes from English abridge, from Middle English abreggen, from Old French abreger, from Latin abbreviō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
abridgable (English): Capable of being abridged
Definitions
- Capable of being abridged
Ancestry of “abridgable”, step by step
abridgable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English abridge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abridge | To deprive; to cut off; To debar from; To make... |
| 2 | Middle English | abreggen | To lessen; To shorten or reduce in duration or... |
| 3 | Old French | abreger | To shorten; to make shorter |
| 4 | Latin | abbreviō | to shorten, abbreviate, abridge |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |