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Where does “possibilisme” come from?

possibilisme (French) comes from French possible, from Latin possibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

possibilisme (French): possibilism

Definitions

  1. possibilism

Ancestry of “possibilisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpossiblepossible; The possible, feasible, what can be...
2Latinpossibilispossible, that may exist, that may be done
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →