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Where does “mizerabil” come from?

mizerabil (Romanian) comes from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

mizerabil (Romanian): despicable, abject, low, villanous; miserable,...

Definitions

  1. despicable, abject, low, villanous; miserable,...

Ancestry of “mizerabil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmisérabledestitute, impoverished; seedy, shabby; wretched,...
2Latinmiserabilispitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable,...
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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