Where does “exterminatable” come from?
exterminatable (English) comes from English exterminate, from Latin exterminatus, from Latin exterminō, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.
exterminatable (English): Capable of being exterminated
Definitions
- Capable of being exterminated
Ancestry of “exterminatable”, step by step
exterminatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exterminate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exterminate | To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally |
| 2 | Latin | exterminatus | expelled, exiled, banished; abolished,... |
| 3 | Latin | exterminō | to expel, exile or banish |
| 4 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 5 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
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 |