Where does “editable” come from?
Editable comes from Middle English -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, a suffix meaning "capable of being," from Latin -i-.
editable (English): Capable of being edited
Definitions
- Capable of being edited
Ancestry of “editable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | edit | A change to the text of a document; A change in... |
| 2 | English | editor | A person who edits or makes changes to documents;... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | editor | second/third-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | ēditor | editor, publisher |
| 5 | Latin | ēditus | brought forth, having been brought forth; ejected, having been ejected, discharged, having been discharged |
| 6 | Latin | edō | to eat |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |