Where does “repairability” come from?
repairability (English) comes from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
repairability (English): The property of being repairable
Definitions
- The property of being repairable
Ancestry of “repairability”, step by step
repairability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English repair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 2 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 3 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 4 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 5 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
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 |