Where does “notable” come from?
Notable comes from Middle English notable, from Middle French notable, from Latin notabilis, derived from Latin nota (mark) and the suffix -bilis, ultimately from Latin noscere (to know).
notable (English): Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or...
Definitions
- Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or...
Ancestry of “notable”, step by step
notable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English notable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | notable | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | notable | — |
| 3 | Latin | notabilis | notable, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |