Where does “vanishable” come from?
vanishable (English) comes from English vanish, from English evanish, from Old French evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanesco, from Latin vanesco, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano — Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
vanishable (English): Capable of being vanished
Definitions
- Capable of being vanished
Ancestry of “vanishable”, step by step
vanishable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vanish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vanish | To become invisible or to move out of view... |
| 2 | English | evanish | To vanish |
| 3 | Old French | evanir | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exvanire | to vanish, disappear, to fade out |
| 5 | Latin | evanesco | I vanish or disappear; I fade away, or die out; I... |
| 6 | Latin | vanesco | I vanish |
| 7 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 8 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 9 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 10 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
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 |