-abile

Morpheme

-abile

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “able to be” (rare singular of -abilia)

Etymology

Latin -ābile from -ābilis, from rebracketed <-a-> of stem of first conjugation Latin verbs + -bilis

Evidence

memorabile

See Also

-abilia

Homographs

-ab(i)le