Where does “mismanageable” come from?
mismanageable (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.
mismanageable (English): That can be mismanaged
Definitions
- That can be mismanaged
Ancestry of “mismanageable”, step by step
mismanageable 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 mismanage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mismanage | To manage an area of responsibility in a way... |
| 2 | English | mis- | bad or wrong; badly or wrongly; lack or failure;... |
| 3 | Middle English | mys- | mis- badly, wrongly |
| 4 | Old English | mis- | bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |