myEtymology.com: English etymology of enabling

Etymology of the English word enabling

the English word enabling

derived from the English word enable

derived from the English word able

derived from the Old French word hable

derived from the Classical Latin word habilis (able; easy to hold, manageable, apt; handy, manageable; apt)

derived from the Latin word habere (to have, hold; have, hold, consider)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghabh-

using the Latin suffix -ilis (-ile)

derived from the English word en-

derived from the French word en-

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Old French word panne

derived from the Old French word penne

derived from the Latin word penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Classical Latin word pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Latin word patena

derived from the Greek word pathne

derived from the Greek word phatne, φάτνη (a crib (for fodder))

derived from the French word panna

using the French suffix -on

derived from the French word électron

derived from the English word electron

using the English suffix -on

derived from the English word electric

derived from the Latin word electricus (electric)

derived from the Latin word electrum (electrum; amber; electron)

derived from the Greek word elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)

using the English suffix -ing

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