Where does “injurable” come from?
injurable (English) comes from English injure, from English injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria, from Latin iniūrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
injurable (English): Capable of being injured
Definitions
- Capable of being injured
Ancestry of “injurable”, step by step
injurable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English injure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | injure | To wound or cause physical harm to a living... |
| 2 | English | injury | Damage to the body of a human or animal; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | injurie | Injury, damage; violation of one's effects or... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | injurie | injury; damage; harm |
| 5 | Latin | iniūria | injury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong |
| 6 | Latin | iniūrius | injurious, wrongful, unjust |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
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 |