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Where does “lisible” come from?

lisible (French) comes 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;...

lisible (French): legible; readable

Definitions

  1. legible; readable

Ancestry of “lisible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ible-ible
2Old French-ible-ible
3Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “lisible”

  • lisiblement
  • illisible
  • illisiblement
  • lizibil
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