Where does “equability” come from?
equability (English) comes from Latin aequabilitas, from Latin aequābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
equability (English): The condition of being equable
Definitions
- The condition of being equable
Ancestry of “equability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | aequabilitas | equality, uniformity, equability; equity,... |
| 2 | Latin | aequābilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |