Where does “desdeñable” come from?

desdeñable (Spanish) comes from Spanish -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.

desdeñable (Spanish): contemptible

Definitions

  1. contemptible

Ancestry of “desdeñable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ableable
2Latin-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 Spanish -able →
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