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Where does “allable” come from?

allable (French) comes from French aller, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

allable (French): doable, feasible

Definitions

  1. doable, feasible

Ancestry of “allable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallerto go; to be going ; will soon; to be
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →