English
defendable
Defendable comes from Old French défendre ‘to defend’, from Latin *fendō ‘hit, thrust’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰéndʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*xʷendōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fendōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘hit, thrust’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēfendōas dēfendere‘to defend, guard or protect, to stand up for, to stick up for’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400défendre‘to defend’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400deffendable
- Englishtodaydefendable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰéndʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*xʷendōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fendōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘hit, thrust’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēfendōas dēfendere‘to defend, guard or protect, to stand up for, to stick up for’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400défendre‘to defend’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400deffendable
- Englishtodaydefendable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, hot, deal, fair, fan, fashion, mid, feature, theme, benefit, custom, ethnic, treasury, sufficient, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, synthetic, theology, doom, tick, feast, dis, atheist, deed, ethic, auditorium, auditor, atheism, thematic, ethos, fanatic, familial, medial, demi, forfeit, spade, deem, 130 more
through Latin *fendō ‘hit, thrust’
offensive, offense, offend, 8 more
through Latin dēfendō ‘to defend, guard or protect, to stand up for,…’
Today it means
adj Capable of being defended.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / defendable