Where does “effaceable” come from?
effaceable (English) comes from English efface, from Middle French effacer, from Old French esfacier, from Vulgar Latin *exfaciāre, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
effaceable (English): Capable of being effaced
Definitions
- Capable of being effaced
Ancestry of “effaceable”, step by step
effaceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English efface
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | efface | To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible |
| 2 | Middle French | effacer | erase |
| 3 | Old French | esfacier | to remove; to delete |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *exfaciāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |