Where does “crumplable” come from?
crumplable (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.
crumplable (English): That can crumple or can be crumpled; that is well suited to being crumpled
Definitions
- That can crumple or can be crumpled; that is well suited to being crumpled
Ancestry of “crumplable”, step by step
crumplable 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 crumple
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crumple | A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold; To rumple;... |
| 2 | Middle English | crumplen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | crumpen | to curl up, crump |
| 4 | Old English | crump | bent, crooked; crooked, bent |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *krumpaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krimpaną | to shrink, draw back |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |