Where does “comboability” come from?
comboability (English) comes from English comboable, from English combo, from English combination, from Middle English combinacioun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combinatio, from Latin combino, from Latin com- — resin.
comboability (English): The quality of being comboable
Definitions
- The quality of being comboable
Ancestry of “comboability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comboable | Able to perform a combo with or on |
| 2 | English | combo | A small musical group; A combination; An action... |
| 3 | English | combination | The act of combining, the state of being combined... |
| 4 | Middle English | combinacioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | combination | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | combinatio | A joining, two by two |
| 7 | Latin | combino | I combine, unite |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |