Where does “degradable” come from?

Degradable derives from Middle French dégrader, from Old French -able, from Latin -abilis, from Latin -i-.

degradable (English): Able to be chemically or biologically degraded;...

Definitions

  1. Able to be chemically or biologically degraded;...

Ancestry of “degradable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ableAn adjectival suffix; forms adjectives meaning
2Middle English-ableable
3Old French-ableworthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an...
4Latin-ābilissuffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able

Words derived from “degradable

Every word from Latin -ābilis