[1425–75; late ME: destructive ‹ L violābilis, equiv. to violā(re) to violate + -bilis-ble]This word is first recorded in the period 1425–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: control, deck, extreme, flange, track-ble is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to”.Other words that use the affix -ble include: audible, feeble, noble, vegetable, venerable