Where does “permitable” come from?
permitable (English) comes from English permit, from Middle English permitten, from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittere, from Latin permitto, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
permitable (English): permissible
Definitions
- permissible
Ancestry of “permitable”, step by step
permitable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English permit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | permit | To allow to happen, to give permission for; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | permitten | — |
| 3 | Middle French | permettre | to permit, to allow |
| 4 | Latin | permittere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | permitto | I let go, let loose; cast, hurl, throw; send... |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |