Where does “guillotinable” come from?
guillotinable (English) comes from English guillotine, from French guillotine, from French Guillotin, from French Guillot, from French Guillaume, from Old French Guillaume, from Frankish Willahelm, from Proto-Germanic Wiljahelmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
guillotinable (English): Able or deserving to be guillotined
Definitions
- Able or deserving to be guillotined
Ancestry of “guillotinable”, step by step
guillotinable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guillotine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guillotine | A machine used for the application of capital... |
| 2 | French | guillotine | guillotine; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | Guillotin | Guillotin |
| 4 | French | Guillot | — |
| 5 | French | Guillaume | William |
| 6 | Old French | Guillaume | — |
| 7 | Frankish | Willahelm | William |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | Wiljahelmaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
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 |