Where does “alfabetizable” come from?

alfabetizable (Spanish) comes from Spanish alfabetizar, from Spanish alfabeto, from Spanish analfabeto, from Late Latin analphabētus, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

alfabetizable (Spanish): able to be made literate able to read and write

Definitions

  1. able to be made literate able to read and write

Ancestry of “alfabetizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalfabetizarto alphabetize; to teach how to read and write
2Spanishalfabetoalphabet; literate; literate person
3Spanishanalfabetounlettered, illiterate; illiterate person
4Late Latinanalphabētus
5Ancient Greekἀναλφάβητοςilliterate
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-