Where does “frustratable” come from?
frustratable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
frustratable (English): Able to be frustrated
Definitions
- Able to be frustrated
Ancestry of “frustratable”, step by step
frustratable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English frustrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frustrate | To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of... |
| 2 | Latin | frustratus | a deceiving, deception |
| 3 | Latin | frūstror | to disappoint, frustrate, defraud, cheat, deceive with false hopes |
| 4 | Latin | frustra | in deception, in error; without effect, to no... |
| 5 | Latin | fraus | A cheating, deceit, guile, fraud; A delusion,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |