Where does “calculatable” come from?
calculatable (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.
calculatable (English): Able to be calculated; calculable
Definitions
- Able to be calculated; calculable
Ancestry of “calculatable”, step by step
calculatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English calculate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | calculate | To determine the value of something or the... |
| 2 | Latin | calculātus | Calculated, computed, reckoned, having been calculated |
| 3 | Latin | calculō | to calculate, compute, reckon |
| 4 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 | — |