Etymograph

English

passible

Passible comes from Late Latin passibilis, and goes back to Latin patior ‘suffer’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatior1‘suffer’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpassibilis2
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400passible2
  4. Englishtodaypassible2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin passibilis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English passible

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatiorWiktionary, Latin passibilis‘suffer’
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpassibilisWiktionary, English passible
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400passibleWiktionary, English passible
  4. EnglishtodaypassibleWiktionary, English passible

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pet-

fathom, compassionate, petal, 3 more

through Latin patior ‘suffer’

patient, patience, compatible, compassion, compatibility, 7 more

Today it means

adj Able to suffer, or feel pain.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “passible”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin passibilis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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