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Where does “labile” come from?

Labile derives from Latin labilis, from labor meaning to slip or fall, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leb-.

labile (English): Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize; Apt or...

Definitions

  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize; Apt or...

Ancestry of “labile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlābilis—
2Latinlābor—
3Old Latinlabos—
4Romanianlabăpalm; paw
5Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
6Proto-Uralicluwebone
7Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáh—
8Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćás—

Words derived from “labile”

  • lability
  • thermolabile
  • photolabile
  • nonlabile
  • thermolability
  • labilization
  • labilize
  • frigolabile
  • hemilabile
  • stereolabile
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