Where does “adjustably” come from?
adjustably (English) comes from English adjustable, from English adjust, from Middle English ajusten, from Middle French adjuster, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
adjustably (English): In a way that is adjustable
Definitions
- In a way that is adjustable
Ancestry of “adjustably”, step by step
adjustably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adjustable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjustable | capable of being adjusted; Anything that can be... |
| 2 | English | adjust | To modify; To improve or rectify; To settle an... |
| 3 | Middle English | ajusten | — |
| 4 | Middle French | adjuster | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |