Where does “risible” come from?

risible (Spanish) comes from Latin rīsibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

risible (Spanish): risible, laughable

Definitions

  1. risible, laughable

Ancestry of “risible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīsibilisridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin rīsibilis →