Where does “customizability” come from?
customizability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
customizability (English): The ability to be customized
Definitions
- The ability to be customized
Ancestry of “customizability”, step by step
customizability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English customize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | customize | To build or alter according to personal... |
| 2 | English | custom | Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of... |
| 3 | Middle English | custume | A habit; a routine action or practice |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | custume | custom; tradition |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsuētūdō | The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsuēscō | to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to |
| 7 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |