Where does “retouchable” come from?
retouchable (English) comes from English retouch, from French retoucher, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
retouchable (English): Capable of being retouched
Definitions
- Capable of being retouched
Ancestry of “retouchable”, step by step
retouchable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retouch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retouch | To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws |
| 2 | French | retoucher | to retouch; to touch up, to put the finishing... |
| 3 | French | toucher | The act of touching; A way of touching; The sense... |
| 4 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |