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Where does “travellable” come from?

travellable (English) comes from English travel, from Middle English travelen, from Middle Scots travailen, from Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

travellable (English): Able to be travelled

Definitions

  1. Able to be travelled

Ancestry of “travellable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtravelTo be on a journey, often for pleasure or...
2Middle Englishtravelento make a laborious journey, travel
3Middle Scotstravailento toil, work, travel
4Old FrenchtravaillerAlternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to...
5Vulgar Latintripaliareto work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
6Latintripaliumtorture instrument; a torture instrument
7Latintripālis—
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “travellable”

  • untravellable
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