Where does “wadeable” come from?
wadeable (English) comes from English able, from Middle English able, from Old French able, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
wadeable (English): Alternative spelling of wadable
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of wadable
Ancestry of “wadeable”, step by step
wadeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English Wade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wade | A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade |
| 2 | Middle English | waden | To move forth; to journey on or go about; To... |
| 3 | Old English | wadan | to go, to advance, to travel |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *wadan | to wade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wadaną | to wade, to walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₂dʰ- | to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse |