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Where does “notable” come from?

notable (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman notable, from Latin notabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Ancestry of “notable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normannotable—
2Latinnotabilisnotable, remarkable, extraordinary, memorable
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “notable”

  • notable
  • unnotable
  • notableness
  • nonnotable
  • unnotably
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