Where does “describable” come from?
Describable comes from Middle English -able, Old French -able, Latin -abilis, and Latin de, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de.
describable (English): Capable of being described
Definitions
- Capable of being described
Ancestry of “describable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | describe | To represent in words; To represent by drawing;... |
| 2 | Middle English | descriven | — |
| 3 | Old French | descrivre | to describe |
| 4 | Latin | dēscrībō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “describable”