Where does “admonishable” come from?
admonishable (English) comes from English admonish, from Middle English admonesten, from Old French amonester, from Vulgar Latin admonestare, from Latin admoneō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
admonishable (English): Worthy of admonishment; deserving reprimand or rebuke
Definitions
- Worthy of admonishment; deserving reprimand or rebuke
Ancestry of “admonishable”, step by step
admonishable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English admonish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | admonish | To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently... |
| 2 | Middle English | admonesten | — |
| 3 | Old French | amonester | to admonish |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | admonestare | — |
| 5 | Latin | admoneō | to remind, recall to the mind, make remember |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | 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 |