Where does “bleachability” come from?

bleachability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bleachability (English): The condition of being bleachable

Definitions

  1. The condition of being bleachable

Ancestry of “bleachability”, step by step

bleachability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ability

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabilitySuitableness; The quality or state of being able;...
2Middle Englishabilitesuitability, aptitude, ability
3Old Frenchableté
4Latinhabilitāsability, aptitude, fitness
5Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-elis
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English bleach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbleachPale; bleak; To treat with bleach, especially so...
2Middle Englishbleche
3Old Englishblǣċ
4Proto-Germanicblaikazpale, white
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰloyǵ-os
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleyǵ-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós
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