Where does “revivability” come from?
revivability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
revivability (English): The state of being revivable
Definitions
- The state of being revivable
Ancestry of “revivability”, step by step
revivability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English revive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revive | To return to life; to become reanimated or... |
| 2 | Middle English | reviven | — |
| 3 | Latin | revivere | present active infinitive of revīvō |
| 4 | Latin | vivere | present active infinitive of vīvō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | vivo | I live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |