Where does “disablement” come from?
Disablement comes from English disable, from Old French -ment and Latin -mentum, combined with Latin dis- and Latin ex, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
disablement (English): The action of disabling or the state of being...
Definitions
- The action of disabling or the state of being...
Ancestry of “disablement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disable | To render unable; to take away an ability of, as... |
| 2 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 3 | Middle English | able | — |
| 4 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |