feasible

Where does the word "feasible" come from? It comes from Latin facere, passing through Old French before entering English (1400s).

Feasible’s story begins in Latin: facere meant “to make, to do.” The root of 'fact', 'factory' and 'feature'. By medieval, the word had taken hold in Old French as faisable. Capable of being done, from faire (to make, from facere). It reached English by 1400s as feasible. Settled as the English word for something capable of being done or accomplished. Today, feasible means capable of being done or accomplished successfully.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient facere "to make, to do", the root of 'fact', 'factory' and 'feature'.
2. Stage 2 · Old French · medieval faisable "capable of being done", capable of being done, from faire (to make, from facere).
3. Stage 3 · English · 1400s feasible "capable of being done or accomplished", settled as the English word for something capable of being done or accomplished.