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Where does “calculable” come from?

calculable (English) comes from English calculate, from Latin calculātus, from Latin calculō, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

calculable (English): Able to be calculated

Definitions

  1. Able to be calculated

Ancestry of “calculable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcalculateTo determine the value of something or the...
2Latincalculātus—
3Latincalculō—
4Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “calculable”

  • incalculable
  • incalculably
  • calculably
  • uncalculable
  • incalculableness
  • noncalculable
  • calculableness
  • recalculable
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