English
latrability
Latrability comes from Latin lātrābilis ‘barking, able to bark, characterized by barking’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre‘to bark, to rant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrābilis‘barking, able to bark, characterized by barking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1668latrability
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre‘to bark, to rant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrābilis‘barking, able to bark, characterized by barking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1668latrability
Earliest quotation: 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite pseud, The Third Dialogue: “But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us…”
Formed from latrate + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
Proto-Italic *lātrom
Latin lātrō ‘to bark’
Latin lātrātus
English latrate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
loom, lament, lull, latent, lethargic, loll, laika, lethe, alastor, 15 more
through Latin latrō ‘to bark, to rant’
Today it means
noun The ability or tendency to bark.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- / latrability