Where does “prefeasibility” come from?
prefeasibility (English) comes from English feasibility, from Middle English faisible, from Anglo-Norman fesable, from Old French faisable, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
prefeasibility (English): The initial / preliminary assessment of the feasibility of a project before detailed analysis and a full feasibility study
Definitions
- The initial / preliminary assessment of the feasibility of a project before detailed analysis and a full feasibility study
Ancestry of “prefeasibility”, step by step
prefeasibility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English feasibility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feasibility | The state of being feasible or possible |
| 2 | Middle English | faisible | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | fesable | feasible; doable; convenient |
| 4 | Old French | faisable | doable |
| 5 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |