Where does “formidabel” come from?
formidabel (German) comes from French formidable, from Latin formīdābilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
formidabel (German): fantastic, outstanding; fearsome
Definitions
- fantastic, outstanding; fearsome
Ancestry of “formidabel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | formidable | fearsome; fantastic, tremendous |
| 2 | Latin | formīdābilis | Causing or inspiring fear, terrible, frightening, formidable |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |