Where does “available” come from?

Available comes from Middle English -able, Old French a-, Latin ad-, and Latin valere meaning "to be strong or capable," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰeh₁bʰ-.

available (English): Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of...

Definitions

  1. Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of...

Ancestry of “available”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavailTo turn to the advantage of; To be of service to;...
2Middle Englishavailento be of use
3Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
4LatinA
5Etruscan𐌀and, also
6Ancient Greekᾱ̔
7Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
8Egyptian𓃾

Words derived from “available

Every word from Egyptian 𓃾
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