Where does “guaranteeable” come from?
guaranteeable (English) comes from English guarantee, from Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantir, from English undefined, from English Un-, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un- — not.
guaranteeable (English): Capable of being guaranteed
Definitions
- Capable of being guaranteed
Ancestry of “guaranteeable”, step by step
guaranteeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guarantee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guarantee | Anything that assures a certain outcome; A legal... |
| 2 | Old French | guarantie | assurance; promise; guarantee; safety; security;... |
| 3 | Old French | guarantir | to protect |
| 4 | English | undefined | Lacking a definition or value; That does not have... |
| 5 | English | Un- | not |
| 6 | Middle English | un- | — |
| 7 | Old English | un- | negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
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 |