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applicable (adj.)
[applicable 词源字典]
1560s, "pliable," with
-able
+ Latin
applicare
(see
apply
). Meaning "capable of being applied" is from 1650s; earlier in this sense was
appliable
(mid-15c.).
[applicable etymology, applicable origin, 英语词源]
[applicable 词源字典]