Where does “exoticizable” come from?
exoticizable (English) comes from English exoticize, from English exotic, from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός, from Ancient Greek ἔξω, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
exoticizable (English): Able to be exoticized
Definitions
- Able to be exoticized
Ancestry of “exoticizable”, step by step
exoticizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exoticize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exoticize | To make seem to be exotic |
| 2 | English | exotic | Foreign, especially in an exciting way;... |
| 3 | Middle French | exotique | — |
| 4 | Latin | exōticus | foreign, exotic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐξωτικός | foreign, outlying, alien; uninitiated |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔξω | out, out of; outside; without, except |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |