Where does “loanable” come from?
Loanable comes from Middle English -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leykʷ- meaning to leave or abandon.
loanable (English): That may be loaned
Ancestry of “loanable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | — |
| 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 |