Where does “contrapponibile” come from?
contrapponibile (Italian) comes from Italian apponibile, from Italian -ibile, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
contrapponibile (Italian): opposable
Ancestry of “contrapponibile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | apponibile | addible |
| 2 | Italian | -ibile | -ible, -able |
| 3 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |