Where does “bandageable” come from?
bandageable (English) comes from English bandage, from French bandage, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a — to grab, to take; to grab, take.
bandageable (English): Able to be bandaged
Definitions
- Able to be bandaged
Ancestry of “bandageable”, step by step
bandageable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bandage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bandage | A strip of gauze or similar material used to... |
| 2 | French | bandage | bandage |
| 3 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Vulgar Latin | *at | — |
| 15 | Latin | habet | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 16 | Latin | habeo | I have, hold; I own, have; I possess, have |
| 17 | Proto-Italic | habēō | — |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰh₁bʰ- | to grab, to take; to grab, take |
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 |