Where does “feasible” come from?
Feasible comes from Anglo-Norman fesable, from Latin facere and facio, both meaning "to do or make," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-.
feasible (English): Able to be done in practice
Definitions
- Able to be done in practice
Ancestry of “feasible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | fesable | feasible; doable; convenient |
| 2 | Old French | faisable | doable |
| 3 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |