Where does “effectible” come from?
effectible (English) comes from English effect, from Middle English effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
effectible (English): Capable of being done or achieved
Definitions
- Capable of being done or achieved
Ancestry of “effectible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | effect | The result or outcome of a cause; Impression left... |
| 2 | Middle English | effect | — |
| 3 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 4 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |