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Etymology of -ile

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile Learned borrowing from Latin -ilis.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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suffix

Tending to, or capable of. · Any of the values in a sorted data set that splits it into a specified number of equally sized groups. · Any of the groups formed from the division.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilislbor. English -ile Learned borrowing from Latin -ilis.

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