Where does “tolerably” come from?
Tolerably comes from English tolerable, Middle French tolerable, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, Proto-Germanic galīkaz, and Proto-Indo-European roots līg- and ḱóm.
tolerably (English): In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be...
Definitions
- In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be...
Ancestry of “tolerably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tolerable | Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tolerable | — |
| 3 | Middle French | tolerable | — |
| 4 | Latin | tolerabilis | bearable, supportable, endurable, passable,... |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |