Where does “invisibilité” come from?
invisibilité (French) comes from Latin invisibilitas, from Latin invisibilis, from Latin vīsibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
invisibilité (French): invisibility
Definitions
- invisibility
Ancestry of “invisibilité”, step by step
invisibilité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin invisibilitas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | invisibilitas | invisibility |
| 2 | Latin | invisibilis | invisible |
| 3 | Latin | vīsibilis | that may be seen, visible |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via French visibilité
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | visibilité | visibility |
| 2 | Latin | visibilitas | visibility |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ts | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |