Where does “determinable” come from?
Determinable comes from Middle English determinable, from Old French determinable, from Latin dēterminābilis, formed from Latin dētermināre with the suffix -ābilis meaning "capable of being."
determinable (English): able to be determined or limited; able to be...
Definitions
- able to be determined or limited; able to be...
Ancestry of “determinable”, step by step
determinable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English determine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | determine | To set the boundaries or limits of; To ascertain... |
| 2 | Middle English | determinen | — |
| 3 | Old French | determiner | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēterminare | — |
| 5 | Latin | terminare | present active infinitive of terminō;... |
| 6 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via Spanish determinar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | determinar | to determine |
| 2 | Latin | dēterminō | to delimit set bounds to |
| 3 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |