Where does “admirable” come from?
Admirable comes from Middle French admirable, from Latin admirabilis meaning "worthy of admiration," formed from the prefix ad- and the suffix -bilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots including h₂éd and smey-.
admirable (English): Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
Definitions
- Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
Ancestry of “admirable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | admyrable | — |
| 2 | Middle French | admirable | admirable |
| 3 | Latin | admīrābilis | admirable, wonderful, worthy of admiration |
| 4 | Latin | admīror | To admire or respect |
| 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 |