Where does “semifriable” come from?
semifriable (English) comes from English friable, from French friable, from Latin friābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
semifriable (English): Somewhat or partly friable
Definitions
- Somewhat or partly friable
Ancestry of “semifriable”, step by step
semifriable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English friable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | friable | Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or... |
| 2 | French | friable | crumbly; crummy, pitiful |
| 3 | Latin | friābilis | friable, easily crumbled or broken into pieces |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |