Where does “doably” come from?
doably (English) comes from English doable, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
doably (English): In a doable manner
Definitions
- In a doable manner
Ancestry of “doably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | doable | Possible to do; feasible; Worthy of sexual... |
| 2 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 3 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 4 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 5 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 6 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |