Where does “deformably” come from?
deformably (English) comes from English deformable, from French déformable, from French déformer, from Latin dēfōrmō, from Latin dēfōrmis, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
deformably (English): In such a way as to be able to be deformed
Definitions
- In such a way as to be able to be deformed
Ancestry of “deformably”, step by step
deformably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deformable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deformable | Capable of being reshaped |
| 2 | French | déformable | deformable |
| 3 | French | déformer | distort, twist out of shape, contort; distort,... |
| 4 | Latin | dēfōrmō | to form, fashion; to design, delineate, describe |
| 5 | Latin | dēfōrmis | Departing physically from the correct shape; deformed, ugly, misshapen, malformed |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |