Where does “Plausibilität” come from?
Plausibilität (German) comes from German plausibel, from French plausible, from Latin plausibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Plausibilität (German): plausibility
Definitions
- plausibility
Ancestry of “Plausibilität”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | plausibel | plausible seemingly valid |
| 2 | French | plausible | plausible |
| 3 | Latin | plausibilis | plausible; praiseworthy; acceptable |
| 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;... |