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- — to grow, nourish.

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...
2Latindēlētusdestroyed
3Latindēleōto destroy, raze, annihilate
4Latinoleō—
5Proto-Italicoleōto stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oléye-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “deletable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂oléye- →Every word from Proto-Italic oleō →