Where does “encourageable” come from?
encourageable (English) comes from English encourage, from Middle English encouragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
encourageable (English): Able to be encouraged; suggestible; Misspelling...
Definitions
- Able to be encouraged; suggestible; Misspelling...
Ancestry of “encourageable”, step by step
encourageable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encourage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encourage | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage,... |
| 2 | Middle English | encouragen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | encoragier | to encourage |
| 4 | Old French | encoragier | to encourage |
| 5 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |