Where does “bruisability” come from?
bruisability (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.
bruisability (English): susceptibility to bruising
Definitions
- susceptibility to bruising
Ancestry of “bruisability”, step by step
bruisability 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 bruise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bruise | To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse |
| 2 | Middle English | bruisen | — |
| 3 | Old English | brȳsan | to break |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brausijaną | to break; crush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrews- | to break |