Where does “skiability” come from?
skiability (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.
skiability (English): The quality or degree of being skiable, suitable...
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being skiable, suitable...
Ancestry of “skiability”, step by step
skiability 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 ski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ski | one of a pair of long flat runners designed for... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | ski | a ski |
| 3 | Danish | ski | — |
| 4 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ski | a ski |
| 5 | Old Norse | skíð | stick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skīdą | piece of wood, billet, board |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |