Where does “augmentable” come from?
augmentable (English) comes from English augment, from Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum, from Latin augeō, from Proto-Italic augeō.
augmentable (English): Capable of being augmented or increased; Capable...
Definitions
- Capable of being augmented or increased; Capable...
Ancestry of “augmentable”, step by step
augmentable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English augment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | augment | To increase; to make larger or supplement; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | augmenten | — |
| 3 | Middle French | augmenter | — |
| 4 | Old French | augmenter | — |
| 5 | Latin | augmentāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | augmentum | increase, growth, augmentation |
| 7 | Latin | augeō | to increase, augment, enlarge, spread, expand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | augeō | to increase; to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂owg-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
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 |