Where does “-ível” come from?

-ível (Portuguese) 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;...

-ível (Portuguese): Alternative form of -ável, used with 2nd- and...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -ável, used with 2nd- and...

Ancestry of “-ível”, 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 “-ível”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →Every word from Latin -bilis →Every word from Latin -ibilis →