Where does “impairable” come from?
impairable (English) comes from English impair, from Middle English impairen, from Old French empoirier, from Vulgar Latin impeioro, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.
impairable (English): Able to be impaired
Definitions
- Able to be impaired
Ancestry of “impairable”, step by step
impairable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impair | To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a... |
| 2 | Middle English | impairen | — |
| 3 | Old French | empoirier | to worsen |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | impeioro | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēior | worse |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |
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 |