Where does “usableness” come from?
usableness (English) comes from English usable, from Old French usable, from Old French user, from Latin usare, from Latin utī — how.
usableness (English): The quality of being usable
Definitions
- The quality of being usable
Ancestry of “usableness”, step by step
usableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English usable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | usable | Capable of being used; Easy to use; exhibiting... |
| 2 | Old French | usable | — |
| 3 | Old French | user | to use; to employ; to make use of |
| 4 | Latin | usare | present active infinitive of *ūsō |
| 5 | Latin | utī | how |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |