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Where does “-able” come from?

-able (French) comes from Middle French -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis.

-able (French): -able

Definitions

  1. -able

Ancestry of “-able”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle French-able-able
2Old French-ableworthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an...
3Latin-ābilis—

Words derived from “-able”

  • preferable
  • equitable
  • practicable
  • preferably
  • impracticable
  • discernible
  • adorable
  • inalienable
  • impressionable
  • equitably
  • inequitable
  • redoubtable
  • discernable
  • realizable
  • detachable
  • modifiable
  • dirigible
  • cultivable
  • realisable
  • unrealizable
  • adorably
  • convenable
  • indiscernibility
  • discernibly
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