Where does “solvable” come from?

solvable (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.

solvable (French): solvent

Definitions

  1. solvent

Ancestry of “solvable”, 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 “solvable”

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