Where does “commenceable” come from?
commenceable (English) comes from English commence, from French commencer, from Italian cominciare, from Spanish comenzar, from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
commenceable (English): Able to be commenced
Definitions
- Able to be commenced
Ancestry of “commenceable”, step by step
commenceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commence | To begin, start; To begin to be, or to act as; To... |
| 2 | French | commencer | to begin, commence |
| 3 | Italian | cominciare | to begin, to start, to commence, to set about |
| 4 | Spanish | comenzar | to begin; to commence |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cominitiare | present active infinitive of *cominitiō;... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |