Where does “crumblable” come from?
crumblable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
crumblable (English): Able to crumble or be crumbled
Definitions
- Able to crumble or be crumbled
Ancestry of “crumblable”, step by step
crumblable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English crumble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crumble | To fall apart; to disintegrate; To break into... |
| 2 | English | crymble | — |
| 3 | Middle English | crymblen | — |
| 4 | Old English | crymlan | to crumble |
| 5 | Old English | cruma | fragment; crumb |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krumô | crumb, fragment |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grū-mo- | something scraped together, lumber, junk; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |