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Where does “-abilitas” come from?

-abilitas (Latin) comes 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;...

Ancestry of “-abilitas”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-abilitas”

  • vulnerability
  • sustainability
  • respectability
  • desirability
  • suitability
  • predictability
  • scalability
  • excitability
  • unpredictability
  • affordability
  • dependability
  • traceability
  • repeatability
  • marketability
  • transferability
  • enforceability
  • tolerability
  • survivability
  • reusability
  • patentability
  • reachability
  • maintainability
  • merchantability
  • substitutability
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