Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHaving the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. · Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. · Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. · Legally qualified or competent.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin habilis Old French ablebor. Middle English able English able From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”). Doublet of habile.
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