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Where does “-abil” come from?
-abil (Romanian) comes from Latin -abilis, from Latin -i- — "connective".
-abil
(Romanian): -able
Definitions
-able
Ancestry of “-abil”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
-abilis
-able; able or worthy to be
2
Latin
-i-
"connective"
Words derived from “-abil”
abildu
abilezia
abilki
abiltasun
fecundabil
papabil
spargabil
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