Where does “įgalėti” come from?
įgalėti (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian galėti, from Lithuanian galia, from Latin Gallia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
įgalėti (Lithuanian): to manage, to be able
Definitions
- to manage, to be able
Ancestry of “įgalėti”, step by step
įgalėti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Lithuanian galėti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | galėti | to be able to; can, may; to be allowed |
| 2 | Lithuanian | galia | power, might |
| 3 | Latin | Gallia | Gaul, modern-day France; France |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |