Where does “appraisable” come from?
appraisable (English) comes from English appraise, from Old French aprisier, from Late Latin appretiare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
appraisable (English): Capable of being appraised
Definitions
- Capable of being appraised
Ancestry of “appraisable”, step by step
appraisable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English appraise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appraise | To determine the value or worth of something,... |
| 2 | Old French | aprisier | apraise, set a price on |
| 3 | Late Latin | appretiare | present active infinitive of appretiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | 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 |