Where does “Möbel” come from?

Möbel (German) comes from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Möbel (German): furniture; piece of furniture

Definitions

  1. furniture; piece of furniture

Ancestry of “Möbel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmeuble—
2Latinmōbilismovable, loose
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “Möbel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin mōbilis →