Where does “orderability” come from?
orderability (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.
orderability (English): The quality of being orderable
Definitions
- The quality of being orderable
Ancestry of “orderability”, step by step
orderability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English order
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | order | Arrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position... |
| 2 | German | Ordnung | arrangement, regulation; classification, order,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ordenunge | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ordinunga | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ordinōn | to put in order |
| 6 | Latin | ordino | I arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,... |
| 7 | Latin | ordo | a methodical series, arrangement, or order;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ord-on- | row, order |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |