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Where does “antidisability” come from?

antidisability (English) comes from English disability, from English disable, from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

antidisability (English): Opposing disabled people

Definitions

  1. Opposing disabled people

Ancestry of “antidisability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisabilityState of being disabled; deprivation or want of...
2EnglishdisableTo render unable; to take away an ability of, as...
3EnglishableEasy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to
4Middle Englishable—
5Old Frenchableable; capable
6Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
7Latin-ilis-ile
8Proto-Italic-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-elis—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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