Where does “weatherability” come from?
weatherability (English) comes from English ability, from Middle English abilite, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
weatherability (English): The quality or degree of being weatherable
Definitions
- The quality or degree of being weatherable
Ancestry of “weatherability”, step by step
weatherability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ability | Suitableness; The quality or state of being able;... |
| 2 | Middle English | abilite | suitability, aptitude, ability |
| 3 | Old French | ableté | — |
| 4 | Latin | habilitās | ability, aptitude, fitness |
| 5 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 6 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English weather
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | weather | The short term state of the atmosphere at a... |
| 2 | Middle English | weder | weather, condition of the sky; good weather; bad... |
| 3 | Old English | weder | weather; wind, storm, breeze, air |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wedr | weather |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wedrą | weather |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |