Where does “possibliément” come from?
possibliément (Norman) comes from Norman possibl'ye, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
possibliément (Norman): possibly
Definitions
- possibly
Ancestry of “possibliément”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman | possibl'ye | possible |
| 2 | Old French | possible | — |
| 3 | Latin | possibilis | possible, that may exist, that may be done |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |