Where does “reviewable” come from?
Reviewable comes from English review plus the suffix -able, which derives from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, ultimately based on Latin videre meaning to see.
reviewable (English): Eligible for review or reconsideration; Able to...
Definitions
- Eligible for review or reconsideration; Able to...
Ancestry of “reviewable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | review | A second or subsequent reading of a text or... |
| 2 | Middle English | revewe | An examination of an army |
| 3 | Old French | reveue | — |
| 4 | Old French | reveu | — |
| 5 | Old French | reveoir | to see again, especially a person; to meet again |
| 6 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |