Where does “abilidad” come from?

abilidad (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish habilidad, from Latin habilitās, from Latin habilis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

abilidad (Hiligaynon): ability, capacity; talent, mastery; knowledge

Definitions

  1. ability, capacity; talent, mastery; knowledge

Ancestry of “abilidad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhabilidadability, skill
2Latinhabilitāsability, aptitude, fitness
3Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin habilis →