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Where does “habitableness” come from?

habitableness (English) comes from English habitable, from Latin habitabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

habitableness (English): The property of being habitable

Definitions

  1. The property of being habitable

Ancestry of “habitableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhabitableSafe and comfortable, where humans, or other...
2Latinhabitabilishabitable; inhabited
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →