Where does “intercambiable” come from?

intercambiable (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.

intercambiable (Spanish): interchangeable, exchangeable

Definitions

  1. interchangeable, exchangeable

Ancestry of “intercambiable”, 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

Words derived from “intercambiable”

Every word from Latin -ābilis →Every word from Spanish -able →