Where does “repayable” come from?
Repayable comes from Middle English repay plus the suffix -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately from Latin -i-.
repayable (English): Able to be repaid; to be repaid; owing; An...
Definitions
- Able to be repaid; to be repaid; owing; An...
Ancestry of “repayable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repay | To pay back |
| 2 | Old French | repaier | to pay back |
| 3 | Old French | paiier | to pay |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | pacare | to settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | pācāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pāx | peace |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pāks | peace |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂ḱ-s | peace |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ḱ- | to join, to attach; agreement, settlement |