Where does “interchangeable” come from?

interchangeable (French) comes from French -able, from Middle French -able, from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis — suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able.

interchangeable (French): interchangeable, substitutable

Definitions

  1. interchangeable, substitutable

Ancestry of “interchangeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ableable
2Middle French-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 “interchangeable

Every word from Latin -ābilisEvery word from French -ableEvery word from Old French -able