Where does “-avel” come from?

-avel (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin -abilis, from Latin -i- — "connective".

Ancestry of “-avel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-abilis-able; able or worthy to be
2Latin-i-"connective"

Words derived from “-avel”

Every word from Latin -i- →Every word from Latin -abilis →