Where does “sketchability” come from?
sketchability (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.
sketchability (English): The quality of being sketchable
Definitions
- The quality of being sketchable
Ancestry of “sketchability”, step by step
sketchability 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 sketch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sketch | To make a brief, basic drawing; To describe... |
| 2 | Dutch | schets | sketch |
| 3 | Italian | schizzo | squirt, splash; stain, spot, flake; sketch |
| 4 | Latin | schedium | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σχέδιος | near, close; temporary, offhand, casual,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σχεδόν | near, nearby; nearly, almost |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔχω | I have, possess, contain, own; I hold; I have... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hékʰō | to have |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |