-able
Old French
suffix
Etymology
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
- unrufflable English
- unstemmable English
- unswitchoffable English
- unturnoffable English
- -ābilis Latin
- -abel German
- -abile Italian
- -able French
- -able Spanish, Castilian
- -abel Norwegian Bokmål
- -able Catalan, Valencian
- -able Galician
- -abl'ye Norman
- -able Middle French
- -avel Old Portuguese
- -àbile Sardinian