Where does “internetable” come from?
internetable (English) comes from English internet, from English internetwork, from English network, from English Net, from Middle English net, from Anglo-Norman neit, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus.
internetable (English): Capable of being connected to, or used via, the...
Definitions
- Capable of being connected to, or used via, the...
Ancestry of “internetable”, step by step
internetable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English internet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | internet | Any set of computer networks that communicate... |
| 2 | English | internetwork | A network of networks; To set up as a network of... |
| 3 | English | network | A fabric or structure of fibrous elements... |
| 4 | English | Net | the Internet |
| 5 | Middle English | net | worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | neit | good, desireable, clean |
| 7 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 9 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 10 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 13 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
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 |