Where does “arable” come from?
Arable comes from Middle English arable, Old French arable, and Latin arabilis, meaning "able to be plowed," from Latin araō, "to plow," with the suffix -bilis forming adjectives of capability.
arable (English): Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing...
Definitions
- Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing...
Ancestry of “arable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | arable | arable |
| 2 | Middle French | arable | — |
| 3 | Old French | arable | arable |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | acerābulus | — |
| 5 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 6 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 8 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |