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
- Able to be travelled
Ancestry of “travellable”, step by step
travellable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English travel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | travel | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or... |
| 2 | Middle English | travelen | to make a laborious journey, travel |
| 3 | Middle Scots | travailen | to toil, work, travel |
| 4 | Old French | travailler | Alternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tripaliare | to work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō |
| 6 | Latin | tripalium | torture instrument; a torture instrument |
| 7 | Latin | tripālis | that has, or is prop up by, three stake or pale |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |