Where does “straightenable” come from?
straightenable (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.
straightenable (English): Capable of being straightened
Definitions
- Capable of being straightened
Ancestry of “straightenable”, step by step
straightenable 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 straighten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | straighten | To cause to become straight; To become straight;... |
| 2 | English | straight | Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction... |
| 3 | Middle English | streight | straight; direct |
| 4 | Middle English | strecchen | To stretch out, spread, extend; To stretch,... |
| 5 | Old English | streċċan | to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | strakkjan | to stretch, to make straight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)treg- | rigid, stiff; to be stiff, rigid, strong |