-able

Middle French

suffix

Definitions

able

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -able inherited from Latin -ābilis (-able).

Origin

Latin

-ābilis

Gloss

-able

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-able English
-ābilis Latin
-abel German
-abile Italian
-able French
-able Spanish, Castilian
-abel Norwegian Bokmål
-able Old French
-able Catalan, Valencian
-able Galician
-abl'ye Norman
-avel Old Portuguese
-àbile Sardinian