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Where does “deletable” come from?

deletable (English) comes from English delete, from Latin dēlētus, from Latin dēleō, from Latin oleō, from Proto-Italic oleō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

deletable (English): Able to be deleted

Definitions

  1. Able to be deleted

Ancestry of “deletable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeleteTo remove, get rid of or erase, especially...
2Latindēlētus—
3Latindēleō—
4Latinoleō—
5Proto-Italicoleō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oléye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—

Words derived from “deletable”

  • undeletable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →