Where does “actionable” come from?
Actionable derives from English action plus the Middle English suffix -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin agere meaning "to do or drive."
actionable (English): That can be acted on; that can be used as the...
Definitions
- That can be acted on; that can be used as the...
Ancestry of “actionable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | action | Something done, often so as to accomplish a... |
| 2 | Middle English | accioun | An action; an act, behaviour or attribute |
| 3 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 4 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |