Where does “semiportable” come from?
semiportable (English) comes from English portable, from Middle English portable, from Latin portabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
semiportable (English): Intermediate in size, weight, etc. between fixed...
Definitions
- Intermediate in size, weight, etc. between fixed...
Ancestry of “semiportable”, step by step
semiportable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English portable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | portable | Able to be carried or easily moved; Able to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | portable | — |
| 3 | Latin | portabilis | portable, capable of being carried |
| 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;... |