Where does “abilidade” come from?

abilidade (Portuguese) comes from Spanish habilidad, from Latin habilitās, 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.

abilidade (Portuguese): ability

Definitions

  1. ability

Ancestry of “abilidade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhabilidadability, skill
2Latinhabilitāsability, aptitude, fitness
3Latinhabilisable to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient...
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin habilis →