Etymology

debile

de·bile
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Today it means: Weak; feeble. Full definition →

First used 16th c.Middle French débile ← Latin dēbilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdēbilis
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromdébile“weak”
  3. English todaydebile

From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin dēbilis.

Words from the same roots

Latindēbilis all →

debilism

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Weak; feeble.
  • from 20th c. Having debilism.
  • from 20th c. A person with debilism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.