Where does “possibilism” come from?
possibilism (English) comes from French possibilisme, from French possible, from Latin possibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
possibilism (English): The belief that possible things exist; The theory...
Definitions
- The belief that possible things exist; The theory...
Ancestry of “possibilism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | possibilisme | possibilism |
| 2 | French | possible | possible; The possible, feasible, what can be... |
| 3 | Latin | possibilis | possible, that may exist, that may be done |
| 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;... |