Where does “sorbability” come from?
sorbability (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.
sorbability (English): The degree to which something can absorb and/or adsorb
Definitions
- The degree to which something can absorb and/or adsorb
Ancestry of “sorbability”, step by step
sorbability 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 Sorb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sorb | A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in... |
| 2 | English | absorb | To include so that it no longer has separate... |
| 3 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 4 | Latin | absorbeō | to swallow down, devour |
| 5 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |