Where does “quarriable” come from?
quarriable (English) comes from English quarry, from Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria, from Old French quarrière, from Vulgar Latin quadraria, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
quarriable (English): Capable of being quarried
Definitions
- Capable of being quarried
Ancestry of “quarriable”, step by step
quarriable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quarry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quarry | A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | quarere | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | quarreria | — |
| 4 | Old French | quarrière | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quadraria | — |
| 6 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
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 |