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Where does “declassifiable” come from?

declassifiable (English) comes from English declassify, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.

declassifiable (English): Suitable to be declassified

Definitions

  1. Suitable to be declassified

Ancestry of “declassifiable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdeclassifyto remove the classification from; to lift the...
2Englishclassifyto identify by or divide into classes; to...
3Frenchclassifierto classify
4Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
5Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
6Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
7Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
8Germanklassegreat, awesome
9Russianклассclass; grade ; form; classroom
10Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
11Proto-Italicklāssis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →