Where does “aperceptible” come from?
aperceptible (French) comes from French perceptible, from Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
Ancestry of “aperceptible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perceptible | perceptible |
| 2 | Late Latin | perceptibilis | perceptible, participating |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |