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Where does “visible” come from?

visible (French) comes 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;...

visible (French): visible

Definitions

  1. visible

Ancestry of “visible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīsibilis—
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlis—
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “visible”

  • prévoir
  • visiblement
  • prévisible
  • vizib
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →