Where does “alertable” come from?
alertable (English) comes from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
alertable (English): Capable of receiving and responding to notifications from other threads of execution
Definitions
- Capable of receiving and responding to notifications from other threads of execution
Ancestry of “alertable”, step by step
alertable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Alert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Alert | the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world |
| 2 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 4 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 5 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 6 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 7 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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 |