Where does “reimbursable” come from?
Reimbursable derives from English reimburse plus the suffix -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin -i-.
reimbursable (English): Capable of being reimbursed; Something the...
Definitions
- Capable of being reimbursed; Something the...
Ancestry of “reimbursable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reimburse | To compensate with payment; especially, to repay... |
| 2 | English | imburse | To put into a purse; to save, to store up; To... |
| 3 | Middle French | embourser | — |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |