Where does “transfigurability” come from?
transfigurability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
transfigurability (English): The quality of being transfigurable
Definitions
- The quality of being transfigurable
Ancestry of “transfigurability”, step by step
transfigurability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English transfigure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transfigure | To transform the outward appearance of; to... |
| 2 | French | transfigurer | to transfigure |
| 3 | Italian | trasfigurare | to transfigure |
| 4 | Latin | transfiguro | I transform, transfigure or metamorphose |
| 5 | Latin | figuro | I form, fashion, shape |
| 6 | Latin | figūra | shape, form, figure |
| 7 | Latin | fingō | to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough) |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |