Where does “avengeable” come from?
avengeable (English) comes from English avenge, from Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
avengeable (English): Capable of being avenged
Definitions
- Capable of being avenged
Ancestry of “avengeable”, step by step
avengeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English avenge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avenge | To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer |
| 2 | Middle English | avengen | — |
| 3 | Old French | avengier | to avenge |
| 4 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
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 |