Where does “scandalizable” come from?
scandalizable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
scandalizable (English): Able to be scandalized
Definitions
- Able to be scandalized
Ancestry of “scandalizable”, step by step
scandalizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English scandalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scandalize | To cause great offense to; To reproach; To... |
| 2 | English | scantle | To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into... |
| 3 | English | Le | the |
| 4 | French | lé | breadth, width; strip, length |
| 5 | French | moine | monk |
| 6 | Middle French | moine | monk |
| 7 | Old French | monie | monk |
| 8 | Latin | monicus | sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul |