Where does “healthsome” come from?

healthsome (English) comes from English health, from Middle English helþe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

healthsome (English): Conducive to good health

Definitions

  1. Conducive to good health

Ancestry of “healthsome”, step by step

healthsome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English health

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealthThe state of being free from physical or...
2Middle Englishhelþesoundness; health; recovery
3Old Englishhǣlþ
4Proto-Germanichailiþōwholeness, health
5Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via English some

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
2Middle Englishsomsome
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “healthsome

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilosEvery word from Proto-Germanic hailazEvery word from Proto-Germanic hailiþō