Where does “illisible” come from?
illisible (French) comes from French lisible, from French -ible, from Old French -ible, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
illisible (French): unreadable; illegible
Definitions
- unreadable; illegible
Ancestry of “illisible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lisible | legible; readable |
| 2 | French | -ible | ible |
| 3 | Old French | -ible | ible (variant of -able) |
| 4 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |