Where does “swageable” come from?
swageable (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.
swageable (English): Able to be shaped with a swage
Definitions
- Able to be shaped with a swage
Ancestry of “swageable”, step by step
swageable 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 swage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swage | A tool, used by blacksmiths and other... |
| 2 | English | assuage | To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or... |
| 3 | Middle English | aswagen | To cure or assuage; to give relief; To pacify; to... |
| 4 | Old French | asuagier | to appease, to calm |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | assuavio | I sweeten, I 'butter up', I calm |
| 6 | Latin | suāvis | sweet, pleasant, delicious |