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Where does “ebli” come from?

ebli (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -ebla, from Latin -ibilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

ebli (Esperanto): to be possible

Definitions

  1. to be possible

Ancestry of “ebli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-eblashows possibility, like English -able, -ible
2Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “ebli”

  • ebligi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →