Where does “feasibility” come from?
Feasibility comes from Middle English faisible combined with English -ity, derived from Latin facere meaning "to do" and Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
feasibility (English): The state of being feasible or possible
Definitions
- The state of being feasible or possible
Ancestry of “feasibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | faisible | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | fesable | feasible; doable; convenient |
| 3 | Old French | faisable | doable |
| 4 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |