Where does “likenable” come from?
likenable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
likenable (English): Able to be likened (to something else); comparable
Definitions
- Able to be likened (to something else); comparable
Ancestry of “likenable”, step by step
likenable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English liken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liken | To compare; to state that is like |
| 2 | Middle English | liknen | to compare; to be comparable, be equal; to form;... |
| 3 | Middle English | lik | same, similar, alike |
| 4 | Old English | ġelīc | like, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |