Where does “invisibility” come from?
Invisibility comes from Middle French invisibilité, from Latin invisibilitas, combining the prefix in- (not) and Latin -tas (noun suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not).
invisibility (English): The state of being invisible; That which is...
Definitions
- The state of being invisible; That which is...
Ancestry of “invisibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | invisibilité | — |
| 2 | Latin | invisibilitas | invisibility |
| 3 | Latin | invisibilis | invisible |
| 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;... |