Where does “diagonalizable” come from?

diagonalizable (Spanish) comes from Spanish -able, from Latin -ābilis — suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able.

diagonalizable (Spanish): diagonalizable

Definitions

  1. diagonalizable

Ancestry of “diagonalizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ableable
2Latin-ābilissuffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able
Every word from Latin -ābilisEvery word from Spanish -able