Latin
habilis
‘apt, fit, skillful, able’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin habilis.
8 English words in this record descend from Latin habilis, most familiar first.
- able
- ability ← abilite ← ableté ← habilitās
- habilitation ← habilitatio ← habilitō
- debility ← debylite ← debilité ← dēbilitās ← dēbilis
- debilitate ← dēbilitō ← dēbilis
- habile ← habil
- habilitate ← habilitātus ← habilitō
- inhabile ← inhabilis
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Etymograph / Latin habilis