Where does “-ible” come from?

-ible (Old French) 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;...

-ible (Old French): ible (variant of -able)

Definitions

  1. ible (variant of -able)

Ancestry of “-ible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ibilis-able; able or worthy to be
2Latin-bilis-ble
3Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
4Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “-ible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →