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Where does “moderable” come from?

moderable (English) comes from Latin moderabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

moderable (English): moderate; temperate

Definitions

  1. moderate; temperate

Ancestry of “moderable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmoderabilis—
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →