Where does “nonvisibility” come from?
nonvisibility (English) comes from English visibility, from Middle French visibilité, from Latin visibilitas, from Latin vīsibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
nonvisibility (English): The condition of being nonvisible
Definitions
- The condition of being nonvisible
Ancestry of “nonvisibility”, step by step
nonvisibility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English visibility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | visibility | The condition of being visible; The degree to... |
| 2 | Middle French | visibilité | — |
| 3 | Latin | visibilitas | visibility |
| 4 | Latin | vīsibilis | that may be seen, visible |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |