Where does “-abl'ye” come from?

-abl'ye (Norman) comes 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.

-abl'ye (Norman): -able

Definitions

  1. -able

Ancestry of “-abl'ye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ableworthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an...
2Latin-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 “-abl'ye”

Every word from Latin -ābilis →Every word from Old French -able →