Where does “dauntable” come from?
dauntable (English) comes from English daunt, from Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitō, from Latin domō, from Proto-Italic domaō, from Ido domajo, from Ido domajar — expense, investment.
dauntable (English): Able to be daunted
Definitions
- Able to be daunted
Ancestry of “dauntable”, step by step
dauntable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English daunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daunt | To discourage, intimidate; To overwhelm |
| 2 | Middle English | daunten | To attain victory and control over; to subjugate;... |
| 3 | Old French | danter | — |
| 4 | Latin | domitō | to tame |
| 5 | Latin | domō | to tame, break in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | domaō | tame; subdue |
| 7 | Ido | domajo | damage, injury, harm, accident |
| 8 | Ido | domajar | to damage; to injure, harm, impair, spoil |
| 9 | English | damage | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of... |
| 10 | Middle English | damage | damage, harm, injury |
| 11 | Old French | damage | damage; injury, hurt, insult |
| 12 | Old Occitan | damnatge | damage; harm, etc |
| 13 | Vulgar Latin | damnaticum | damage |
| 14 | Latin | damnum | damage or injury; loss; a fine |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | dapnom | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₂pnóm | expense, investment |
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 |