Where does “quenchability” come from?
quenchability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
quenchability (English): Ability to be quenched
Definitions
- Ability to be quenched
Ancestry of “quenchability”, step by step
quenchability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English quench
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quench | To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative... |
| 2 | Middle English | quenchen | To quench; To spray or douse with water or... |
| 3 | Old English | cwenċan | to extinguish, quench |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwankijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kwankijaną | to cause to go out, extinguish |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |