köken: Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 不可能 (pjuw kha^Xnong, literally “not possible”). First cited in Natsume Soseki's works in 1905. The positive term 可能 (kanō, “possible”) isn't cited until a few years later in 1909. However, the related term 可能性 (kanōsei, “possibility”) is cited earlier in 1881, in the 哲学字彙 (Tetsugaku Jii, “Philosophy Dictionary”) compiled by Inoue Tetsujirō, suggesting that…
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto neebla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Vulgar Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin -āticus Vulgar Latin -āticumder. Esperanto -aĵo Esperanto neeblaĵo From neebla + -aĵo.