Where does “metamorphosable” come from?
metamorphosable (English) comes from English metamorphose, from French métamorphoser, from Old French metamorphose, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις, from Ancient Greek μεταμορφόω, from Ancient Greek μορφόω, from Ancient Greek -όω — he, she.
metamorphosable (English): Able to undergo metamorphosis
Definitions
- Able to undergo metamorphosis
Ancestry of “metamorphosable”, step by step
metamorphosable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metamorphose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metamorphose | To undergo metamorphosis; To undergo some... |
| 2 | French | métamorphoser | to metamorphose |
| 3 | Old French | metamorphose | — |
| 4 | Latin | metamorphōsis | metamorphosis |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μεταμόρφωσις | transformation, metamorphosis |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μεταμορφόω | I transform, disguise |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μορφόω | I shape, form |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |