Where does “sprintable” come from?
sprintable (English) comes from English sprint, from English sprent, from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
sprintable (English): Worthy or capable of being sprinted
Definitions
- Worthy or capable of being sprinted
Ancestry of “sprintable”, step by step
sprintable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sprint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sprint | A short race at top speed; A burst of speed or... |
| 2 | English | sprent | To leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past... |
| 3 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 4 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | to cause to spring out |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |