Where does “treatable” come from?
Treatable comes from Middle English -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, attached to Latin traho meaning "to draw or drag," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-.
treatable (English): Able to be treated; not incurable; Not...
Definitions
- Able to be treated; not incurable; Not...
Ancestry of “treatable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | traitable | treatable; processable |
| 2 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 3 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 4 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |