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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

  1. The state or condition of being evitable

Ancestry of “evitability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishevitablePossible to avoid; avertible
2Middle Frenchevitable—
3Latinēvītābilis—
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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