Where does “infravisible” come from?
infravisible (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infravisible (English): Partially or nearly visible; visible by means of...
Definitions
- Partially or nearly visible; visible by means of...
Ancestry of “infravisible”, step by step
infravisible traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English visible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | visible | Able to be seen |
| 2 | Middle English | visible | — |
| 3 | Old French | visible | visible (able to be seen) |
| 4 | Latin | vīsibilis | that may be seen, visible |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |