Where does “formidablement” come from?
formidablement (French) comes from French formidable, from Latin formīdābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
formidablement (French): brilliantly; excellently; formidably
Definitions
- brilliantly; excellently; formidably
Ancestry of “formidablement”, step by step
formidablement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French formidable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | formidable | fearsome; fantastic, tremendous |
| 2 | Latin | formīdābilis | Causing or inspiring fear, terrible, frightening, formidable |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via Catalan formidable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | formidable | formidable |