Where does “visible” come from?

visible (Old French) comes from Latin vīsibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

visible (Old French): visible (able to be seen)

Definitions

  1. visible (able to be seen)

Ancestry of “visible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīsibilisthat may be seen, visible
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “visible”

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