-ibility

Morpheme

-ibility

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix denoting capableness or possibleness

Etymology

Latin -ibilitās, from -ibilis + -tās, suffixal construction from Latin -ibilis + -i- + -ty, from rebracketed <-i-> of stem of third conjugation Latin verbs + -bilis

Evidence

audibility, credibility, constructibility, deducibility, flexibility, impossibility, intelligibility, permissibility, sensibility, suitability, visibility

Notes

unanalyzable

See Also

-ib(i)le, -ty