Where does “blessability” come from?
blessability (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.
blessability (English): The ability to be blessed
Definitions
- The ability to be blessed
Ancestry of “blessability”, step by step
blessability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English bless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bless | To make something holy by religious rite,... |
| 2 | Middle English | blessen | To bless or sanctify grant divine favour to |
| 3 | Old English | blētsian | to bless, to consecrate |
| 4 | Old English | blēdsian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blōdisōn | to mark with blood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |