Where does “posibel” come from?
posibel (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese possível, 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;...
posibel (Papiamentu): possible
Definitions
- possible
Ancestry of “posibel”, step by step
posibel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese possível
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | possível | possible; potential; likely |
| 2 | Latin | possibilis | possible, that may exist, that may be done |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via Spanish posible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | posible | possible |