Where does “-abilidade” come from?

-abilidade (Portuguese) comes from Latin -abilitas, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

-abilidade (Portuguese): -ability

Definitions

  1. -ability

Ancestry of “-abilidade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-abilitas—
2Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →