Where does “evitable” come from?

evitable (English) comes 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;...

evitable (English): Possible to avoid; avertible

Definitions

  1. Possible to avoid; avertible

Ancestry of “evitable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchevitable—
2Latinēvītābilisavoidable
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “evitable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin ēvītābilis →
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