Where does “evitability” come from?
evitability (English) comes from English evitable, from Middle French evitable, from Latin ēvītābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
evitability (English): The state or condition of being evitable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being evitable
Ancestry of “evitability”, step by step
evitability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English evitable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | evitable | Possible to avoid; avertible |
| 2 | Middle French | evitable | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēvītābilis | avoidable |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |