Where does “visibilitas” come from?
visibilitas (Late Latin) comes from Latin visibilis, 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;...
visibilitas (Late Latin): visibility
Definitions
- visibility
Ancestry of “visibilitas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | visibilis | that may be seen, visible; that can see, seeing |
| 2 | Latin | -ibilis | -able; able or worthy to be |
| 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;... |