Where does “mulchability” come from?

mulchability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mulchability (English): The quality or degree of being mulchable

Definitions

  1. The quality or degree of being mulchable

Ancestry of “mulchability”, step by step

mulchability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ability

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabilitySuitableness; The quality or state of being able;...
2Middle Englishabilitesuitability, aptitude, ability
3Old Frenchableté
4Latinhabilitāsability, aptitude, fitness
5Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis
8Proto-Indo-European-elis
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English mulch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulchAny material used to cover the top layer of soil...
2Middle Englishmelsche
3Old Englishmelsc
4Proto-Germanicmilihoney
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmélithoney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin habilis
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