Where does “suggestible” come from?
Suggestible comes from English suggest, derived from Latin -ibilis (capable of), Latin suggero (to carry forward), Latin gero (to carry), Latin sub (under), Proto-Indo-European upo (under), and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- or h₃ewp-.
suggestible (English): Susceptible to influence by suggestion
Definitions
- Susceptible to influence by suggestion
Ancestry of “suggestible”, step by step
suggestible traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French suggestion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal; suggestion |
| 2 | Old French | suggestion | suggestion; proposal |
| 3 | Latin | suggestiō | addition |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English suggest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suggest | To imply but stop short of saying explicitly; To... |
| 2 | Latin | suggestus | elevated place made of materials poured out;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Catalan suggestió
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | suggestió | suggestion |