趣词首页 公众号 小程序

词根词缀:-ability

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"

【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.

【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability

词根词缀:ara-

【来源及含义】Latin: suitable for plowing; to plow

【同源单词】arability, arable, arableness, inarable

词根词缀:-ility

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; meaning, ability, ability to [do something]

【同源单词】ability, agility, arability, cardiomotility, contractility, ductility