Where does “tileable” come from?
tileable (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.
tileable (English): That is able to tile the plane
Definitions
- That is able to tile the plane
Ancestry of “tileable”, step by step
tileable 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 tile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tile | A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other... |
| 2 | Middle English | Tīle | — |
| 3 | Old English | tiġele | tile; brick; tile |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 5 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 6 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |