Where does “practisable” come from?
practisable (English) comes from English practise, from Middle English practizen, from Middle French pratiser, from French pratiquer, from French pratique, from Middle French practique, from Latin prāctica, from Ancient Greek πρακτική — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “practisable”, step by step
practisable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English practise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | practise | To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in... |
| 2 | Middle English | practizen | — |
| 3 | Middle French | pratiser | — |
| 4 | French | pratiquer | to do; to practise |
| 5 | French | pratique | applied; concerning action or intervention of... |
| 6 | Middle French | practique | practice act of doing; of practising |
| 7 | Latin | prāctica | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρακτική | practice, experience |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρακτικός | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action; Fit... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πράσσω | I do, practice |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | prā́ťťō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |