Where does “grammaticalizable” come from?
grammaticalizable (English) comes from English grammaticalize, from English grammaticalization, from French grammaticalisation, from French grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
grammaticalizable (English): Able to be grammaticalized
Definitions
- Able to be grammaticalized
Ancestry of “grammaticalizable”, step by step
grammaticalizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grammaticalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grammaticalize | To make grammatical; To integrate into a system... |
| 2 | English | grammaticalization | The process of making grammatical; The process of... |
| 3 | French | grammaticalisation | grammaticalization |
| 4 | French | grammatical | grammatical |
| 5 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 6 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 7 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
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 |