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
- Suitable to be declassified
Ancestry of “declassifiable”, step by step
declassifiable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English declassify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | declassify | to remove the classification from; to lift the... |
| 2 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 3 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 4 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 5 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 6 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 7 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 8 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 9 | Russian | класс | class |
| 10 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |
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 |