Where does “pliabil” come from?

pliabil (Romanian) comes from French pliable, from French -able, from Middle French -able, 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.

pliabil (Romanian): pliable

Definitions

  1. pliable

Ancestry of “pliabil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpliablepliable
2French-ableable
3Middle French-ableable
4Old French-ableworthy of, deserving of; -ing, creating an...
5Latin-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
Every word from Latin -ābilis →Every word from French -able →Every word from Old French -able →
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