Where does “shimmable” come from?
shimmable (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.
shimmable (English): Able to be supported by a shim
Definitions
- Able to be supported by a shim
Ancestry of “shimmable”, step by step
shimmable 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 shim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shim | A wedge; A thin piece of material, sometimes... |
| 2 | English | she | The female person or animal previously mentioned... |
| 3 | Middle English | sche | Third-person singular feminine pronoun: she; It;... |
| 4 | Old English | hēo | she |
| 5 | Germanic | *hiju | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hijō | she; nominative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |