Where does “ductility” come from?
Ductility comes from Latin ductilis meaning "capable of being led or drawn," from the Proto-Indo-European root dewk- meaning "to lead," combined with the Latin suffix -itas forming abstract nouns.
ductility (English): Ability of a material to be drawn out...
Definitions
- Ability of a material to be drawn out...
Ancestry of “ductility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 4 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |