Where does “practicableness” come from?
practicableness (English) comes from English practicable, from French praticable, from French pratiquer, from French pratique, from Middle French practique, from Latin prāctica, from Ancient Greek πρακτική, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός — passed , crossed.
practicableness (English): practicability
Definitions
- practicability
Ancestry of “practicableness”, step by step
practicableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English practicable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | practicable | Capable of being accomplished; feasible; Serving... |
| 2 | French | praticable | practicable, feasible; practicable, usable |
| 3 | French | pratiquer | to do; to practise |
| 4 | French | pratique | applied; concerning action or intervention of... |
| 5 | Middle French | practique | practice act of doing; of practising |
| 6 | Latin | prāctica | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρακτική | practice, experience |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρακτικός | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action; Fit... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πράσσω | I do, practice |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | prā́ťťō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |