Where does “attendable” come from?
attendable (English) comes from English attend, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
attendable (English): At which one must attend
Definitions
- At which one must attend
Ancestry of “attendable”, step by step
attendable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attend | To intend (something) |
| 2 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 3 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 4 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | 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 |