Where does “caricaturable” come from?
caricaturable (English) comes from English caricature, from French caricature, from Italian caricatura, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
caricaturable (English): Suitable for being caricatured
Definitions
- Suitable for being caricatured
Ancestry of “caricaturable”, step by step
caricaturable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caricature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caricature | A pictorial representation of someone in which... |
| 2 | French | caricature | caricature |
| 3 | Italian | caricatura | caricature, antic; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | caricare | to load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;... |
| 5 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |