Where does “habileté” come from?

habileté (French) comes from French habile, from Old French habile, 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.

habileté (French): capacity of doing something well with hands;...

Definitions

  1. capacity of doing something well with hands;...

Ancestry of “habileté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhabileadroit, skillful; slick, nifty
2Old Frenchhabile
3Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin habilis