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Where does “abilitare” come from?

abilitare (Italian) comes from Italian abilità, 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.

abilitare (Italian): to qualify someone for something, or to do...

Definitions

  1. to qualify someone for something, or to do...

Ancestry of “abilitare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianabilitàability, skill; cleverness
2Latinhabilitās—
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 →