Where does “improvableness” come from?
improvableness (English) comes from English improvable, from English improve, from Latin improbo, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
improvableness (English): Quality of being improvable; capability of...
Definitions
- Quality of being improvable; capability of...
Ancestry of “improvableness”, step by step
improvableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English improvable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improvable | Capable of being improved; Capable of being used... |
| 2 | English | improve | To make better; to increase the value or... |
| 3 | Latin | improbo | I disapprove; I blame, condemn, reject;... |
| 4 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 5 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |