Where does “amplifiability” come from?
amplifiability (English) comes from English amplify, from Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from Latin amplifico, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō — to do, put, place.
amplifiability (English): Quality or degree of being amplifiable
Definitions
- Quality or degree of being amplifiable
Ancestry of “amplifiability”, step by step
amplifiability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English amplify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | amplify | To render larger, more extended, or more intense;... |
| 2 | Middle English | amplifiyen | To amplify, embiggen, or heighten |
| 3 | Old French | amplifier | — |
| 4 | Latin | amplificare | present active infinitive of amplificō;... |
| 5 | Latin | amplifico | I enlarge, extend, increase, amplify, magnify;... |
| 6 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 7 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |