Where does “habil'ye” come from?

habil'ye (Norman) comes from Old French habile, 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.

habil'ye (Norman): capable

Definitions

  1. capable

Ancestry of “habil'ye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhabile
2Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
3Latin-ilis-ile
4Proto-Italic-elis
5Proto-Indo-European-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “habil'ye

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ilisEvery word from Latin habilis
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